Workers' Compensation News
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High Court Invalidates Cap on Attorney Fees in Appeals | 07/08/2025 | |
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| State: NM | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The New Mexico Supreme Court ruled that a statutory cap on attorney fees enacted in 1987 does not apply to appeals. The high court said the ...Read More | |||
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Split Court Says Employer Entitled to Defense, Indemnification in Civil Suit by Paralyzed Worker | 07/08/2025 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | |||
| A divided Louisiana appellate court ruled that a coal yard operator and cargo transport provider had a duty to defend and indemnify an employer from a civil suit by a worker left paralyzed by an industrial accident. ...Read More | |||
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Exclusivity Bars Worker's Suit Against Colleague for Car Accident | 07/08/2025 | |
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| State: GA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | |||
| The Georgia Court of Appeals ruled that exclusivity barred a worker’s suit against his colleague and their employer for his injuries from a car accident. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Who Received Full Wages Can't Get TTD, Too | 07/08/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals overturned a determination that an injured worker who continued to receive his full wages was not entitled to temporary total disability benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Summary Judgment for Defendant Overturned, Goes to Worker Instead | 07/08/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | |||
| A New York appellate court overturned a grant of summary judgment for a defendant in a Labor Law claim, finding that the worker should have been granted summary judgment instead. ...Read More | |||
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DWC Updates Fee Schedule, Treatment Guidelines | 07/07/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Division of Workers' Compensation adjusted the pathology and clinical lab section of the medical fee schedule and the prescription drug formulary in the treatment guidelines. ...Read More | |||
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P&T Committee Meets July 16 | 07/07/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The California Division of Workers' Compensation's Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee is meeting on July 16. Committee members...Read More | |||
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Exclusivity Shields Employer From Tort by Nondependent Child | 07/07/2025 | |
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| State: MD | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A divided Maryland Supreme Court said an employer that complies with the state's Workers' Compensation Act is shielded from wrongful death actions brought by a nondependent adult child. ...Read More | |||
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Statutory Limit on Benefits for Retirees Doesn't Apply to Those With 20 Years of Service | 07/07/2025 | |
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| State: NV | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Nevada Court of Appeals ruled that the statutory limitation on benefits for retired firefighters, arson investigators and police officers does not apply to retirees who have completed at least 20 years of creditable service as of June 8, 2015. ...Read More | |||
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Injured Worker Doesn't Prove Need for Whirlpool Tub, Porch Repairs | 07/07/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld the denial of a worker’s request for a walk-in whirlpool tub and shower, and the replacement of the floorboards on his porch, as not medically necessary for his burn injuries. ...Read More | |||
