Workers' Compensation News
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WCD Posts Updated Hospital Cost-to-Charge Ratios | 03/24/2026 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Oregon Workers’ Compensation Division published new cost-to-charge ratios used to calculate reimbursement owed to hospitals for treating injured workers starting April 1. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Award for Closed Head Injury | 03/23/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld an award of benefits to a worker for a closed head injury resulting from a fall. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Doesn't Need to Prove Labor Market Attachment to Get PPD Award | 03/19/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was entitled to the benefit of a change in the law that relieved her of the burden to prove an attachment to the labor market. ...Read More | |||
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WCC Accepting Comments on Proposed 2026 Fee Schedule | 03/18/2026 | |
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| State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Oklahoma Workers' Compensation Commission is asking for comments on its proposed 2026 Medical Fee Schedule. Among other things, t...Read More | |||
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Workers' Compensation Court Lacks Jurisdiction Over Injured Deputy's Claim | 03/18/2026 | |
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| State: RI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Rhode Island Supreme Court ruled that the Workers’ Compensation Court lacked subject matter jurisdiction over an injured deputy sheriff’s challenge to the denial of his application for an accidental disability retirement pension. ...Read More | |||
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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 | |||
