Workers' Compensation News
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Worker Fails to Prove Discrete New Injury to Shoulder | 03/26/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a denial of benefits for a worker’s alleged shoulder injury, finding he failed to prove a new injury as opposed to an aggravation of a prior injury. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Waits Too Long to Request Modification of TTD Award | 03/25/2025 | |
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| State: MD | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Maryland Appellate Court ruled that a worker waited too long to apply for a modification of his temporary total disability award and that his employer’s erroneous notice of benefits termination did not give him more time. ...Read More | |||
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WCD Updates Hospital Reimbursement Ratios | 03/25/2025 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Oregon Workers’ Compensation Division updated the cost-to-charge ratios used to calculate reimbursement owed to hospitals for treating injured workers on or after April 1. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Struck By Falling Plexiglass Panels Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim | 03/25/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was entitled to partial summary judgment on his Labor Law claims from being struck by falling plexiglass panels. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Not Entitled to Additional TTD, Treatment for Back Injury | 03/21/2025 | |
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| State: NE | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Nebraska Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a worker was entitled to a closed period of temporary total disability benefits for a back injury. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Fails to Prove Entitlement to Additional TTD for Back Injury | 03/19/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld the closure of a worker’s claim for temporary total disability benefits for a back injury. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Who Lied About Running Business Forfeits Benefits | 03/19/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld the disqualification of a worker from receiving benefits due to his concealment of the fact he was running a home improvement business. ...Read More | |||
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WCIRB Announces Date for Regulatory Hearing | 03/18/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Workers' Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California announced that the Department of Insurance is holding a hearing in April on the proposed Sept. 1, 2025, regulatory filing. ...Read More | |||
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WCIRB Actuarial Committee Meets Thursday | 03/18/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Workers' Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California Actuarial Committee is meeting at 9:30 a.m. Thursday. Committee members will disc...Read More | |||
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Worker Struck by Falling Pipe Gets Summary Judgment | 03/18/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a grant of summary judgment on a worker’s Labor Law claim for his injuries from being struck by a falling object. ...Read More | |||
