Workers' Compensation News
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Worker Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim; Employer Gets Summary Judgment, Too | 03/12/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that an injured worker was entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law claim and that his employer should have been granted summary judgment on the claims for contribution and indemnification against it. ...Read More | |||
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Widow Proves Miner's Catastrophic Injuries Contributed to His Death Decades Later | 03/11/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld an award of benefits to a coal miner’s widow for his death from a liver condition 23 years after he suffered catastrophic injuries at work. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Not Entitled to Expand Claim, Receive Additional Treatment | 03/10/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a worker was not entitled to expand the scope of her claim or to receive additional treatments. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Wins Consideration of Successive Application for PTD Benefits | 03/10/2025 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| An Ohio appellate court granted mandamus relief to an injured worker, finding that he surmounted the procedural hurdle allowing him to bring a successive application for permanent total disability benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Mandamus Relief From Denial of TTD for Psychological Condition | 03/07/2025 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| An Ohio appellate court granted mandamus relief to a worker who was denied temporary total disability benefits for her compensable psychological injury. ...Read More | |||
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Worker's Misrepresentations on Income Result in Forfeiture of Right to Benefits | 03/07/2025 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court upheld the denial of a worker’s claim for additional benefits based on his commission of fraud. Case: ...Read More | |||
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Worker's Mother Not Entitled to Increase in Dependency Benefits | 03/06/2025 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| An Ohio appellate court upheld a finding that a worker’s mother was not entitled to an increased award of death benefits based on her partial dependency on her son. ...Read More | |||
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WCD Switching to Electronic Process for Claims Delinquency Report | 03/04/2025 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Oregon Workers' Compensation Division on Monday announced that it is moving to an electronic process for the quarterly claims delinquency report. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Not Entitled to Revive Claim After Failing to Respond to Employer's Appeal | 03/04/2025 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| An Ohio appellate court ruled that a worker was not entitled to relief from a judgment dismissing her claim after she repeatedly failed to respond to her employer’s challenges to the compensability of her alleged accident. ...Read More | |||
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WCIRB Submits Regulatory Filing | 03/03/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Workers' Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau on Friday submitted its proposed 2025 regulatory filing to the California insurance commissioner for review. ...Read More | |||
