Workers' Compensation News
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Worsening of Worker's Occupational Pneumoconiosis Warrants Increase in PPD Award | 12/17/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a worker was entitled to an increase in his permanent partial disability award due to the worsening of his occupational pneumoconiosis. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Who Tripped on Makeshift Ramp Gets Summary Judgment | 12/15/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker should have been granted summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for his injuries from tripping on the edge of a makeshift ramp. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim for Fall From Ladder | 12/12/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for his fall from a ladder. Case: ...Read More | |||
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Worker Hit by Falling Concrete Block Can Expand Claim to Include Neck Injury | 12/11/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld the expansion of a worker’s claim to include a neck injury from an accident where he was struck on the head by a falling concrete block. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Benefits for Injuries From Falling While Walking to Car | 12/11/2025 | |
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| State: AR | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Arkansas Court of Appeals upheld an award of benefits to a worker who was injured by falling while walking to her car, despite her inconsistent explanations. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Injured by Falling Object Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim | 12/11/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court revived a worker’s Labor Law claim for injuries from a falling object and ordered that summary judgment be granted in his favor. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Fails to Allege Viable Claims Under Jones Act, State Law | 12/10/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld the summary dismissal of claims by a worker who said he was injured while working aboard a navigable vessel. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Remains Disabled, Needs Additional Surgery | 12/09/2025 | |
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| State: NE | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Nebraska Court of Appeals upheld a finding that a worker remained temporarily totally disabled and needed additional shoulder surgery. ...Read More | |||
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Widow Doesn't Need Carrier's Consent to Settle Third-Party Claim | 12/09/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a widow was not required to obtain the consent of an insurance carrier before settling her claim against third-party tortfeasors, but she was not entitled to receive an equitable apportionment of her costs and expenses from the Workers’ Compensation Boa...Read More | |||
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Worker's Unreasonable Conduct Delaying Case Results in Dismissal of Claim | 12/08/2025 | |
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| State: MA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Massachusetts Appeals Court upheld the dismissal of a worker’s claim based on her unreasonable conduct delaying the adjudication of her case. ...Read More | |||
