Workers' Compensation News
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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 | |||
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Worker Who Fell From Ladder Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim | 03/03/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for a fall from a ladder. Case: ...Read More | |||
