Workers' Compensation News
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Worker Unable to Collect on Comp Claim Doesn't Qualify as Uncompensated Tort Victim | 04/03/2025 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Missouri Court of Appeals ruled that a worker who prevailed on a workers’ compensation claim against his uninsured employer and was unable to collect any payment could not turn to the Tort Victims’ Compensation Fund for help because he was not an uncompensated tort victim. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim for Fall From Concrete Form | 04/02/2025 | |
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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 concrete form. Cas...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Authorization for Surgery to Address Toe Injury | 04/02/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld surgery authorization for a worker with a toe injury from an on-the-job fall. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Struck by Falling Post Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim | 04/01/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| 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 metal post. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim for Fall From Scaffold | 03/31/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a grant of summary judgment for a worker with injuries from falling off a scaffold. Case: ...Read More | |||
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Worker Loses Labor Law Claims for Alleged Trip and Fall in Office | 03/28/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld the summary dismissal of a worker’s Labor Law claims for her alleged injuries from a trip-and-fall accident. ...Read More | |||
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WCD Bulletin Covers Electronic Filing Guidelines | 03/28/2025 | |
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| State: AK | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Alaska Workers' Compensation Division posted a bulletin explaining the requirements for all electronic filings. Documents must be s...Read More | |||
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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 | |||
