Workers' Compensation News
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Worker Who Fell While Walking Dog Gets 13% PPD Award | 08/29/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a 13% permanent partial disability award for a school employee for his injuries from a fall while walking a dog. ...Read More | |||
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Worker's Challenge to Dismissal of Civil Suit Fails for Lack of Jurisdiction | 08/28/2025 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Virginia Court of Appeals found that it lacked jurisdiction over a worker’s challenge to the dismissal of his civil suit for injuries he sustained at a construction site. ...Read More | |||
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WCD Schedules Hearing on Benefit Fund Assessment | 08/27/2025 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Oregon Workers’ Compensation Division is holding a hearing Sept. 18 to discuss the annual assessment that finances the Workers’ Benefit Fund. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Timely Asserts Claims Against Alleged Statutory Employers | 08/27/2025 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that a worker timely asserted a claim against his alleged statutory employers and that his employer’s insurance carrier should not have been dismissed as a party to the claim. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Award for Noise-Induced Hearing Loss | 08/25/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld an award of benefits for a worker with noise-induced hearing loss. Case:...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim for Ladder Accident | 08/21/2025 | |
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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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WCC Schedules Educational Conference in Stillwater | 08/20/2025 | |
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| State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Oklahoma Workers' Compensation Commission is holding its annual educational conference Sept. 30-Oct. 1 in Stillwater. The confe...Read More | |||
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WCA Releases New Comp Poster | 08/20/2025 | |
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| State: NM | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The New Mexico Workers' Compensation Administration released an updated workplace poster that all employers are required to display by the end of the year. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Who Fell From Ladder Gets Summary Judgment | 08/20/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker should have been granted summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for his fall from a ladder. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Fails to Prove Compensability of Cervical Disc Displacement | 08/20/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a finding that a worker failed to prove that his cervical disc displacement was a compensable injury. ...Read More | |||
