Workers' Compensation News
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Worker Fails to Prove Entitlement to Benefits for Permanent Impairment | 03/18/2026 | |
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| State: AR | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Arkansas Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a worker failed to prove her entitlement to benefits for a permanent anatomical impairment as a result of her compensable spine injury. ...Read More | |||
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Worker's Injuries From Fall Not Self-Inflicted | 03/17/2026 | |
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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 was entitled to benefits for his injuries from a trip-and-fall accident, as they were not the result of a self-inflicted injury. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Fee Award for Unreasonable Omission of Back Injury in Claim | 03/16/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld an award of attorney fees to a worker, finding that an administrator’s failure to include a back strain as a compensable component of the claim was unreasonable. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Who Improved From TTD Worsened to Become Permanently Totally Disabled | 03/12/2026 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court upheld a determination that a worker whose condition after an industrial accident had improved from a temporary state of total disability had worsened to the point that she is now permanently and totally disabled. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets 20% SLU for Knee Injuries | 03/11/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a 20% schedule loss of use award for a worker’s knee injuries. Case: Matter of Ayars...Read More | |||
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Worker With PPD Can't Get Extreme Hardship Redetermination | 03/11/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker with a permanent partial disability waited too long to request an extreme hardship redetermination. ...Read More | |||
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Worker With Two Back Injuries Disabled by Latter Condition Only | 03/10/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a finding that a worker who suffered two back injuries remained disabled by his symptoms from the latter. ...Read More | |||
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Worker's Voluntary Dismissal of Wrongful Discharge Claim Doesn't Trigger Expense-Shifting | 03/09/2026 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Illinois Appellate Court ruled that a worker’s voluntary dismissal of a retaliatory discharge claim, though taken to avoid adverse pretrial rulings, did not trigger expense-shifting. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets 20% SLU for Bilateral Carpal Tunnel Syndrome | 03/06/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a 20% schedule loss of use award for a worker’s bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome. Case: ...Read More | |||
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Worker Struck by Falling Chisel Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim | 03/05/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker struck by a falling chisel should have been granted summary judgment on his Labor Law claim. ...Read More | |||
