Workers' Compensation News
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Report Finds High Denial Rate for Presumptive PTSD Claims | 08/29/2025 | |
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| State: MN | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Claims for post-traumatic stress disorder that are presumed to arise out of employment are denied at a greater rate than those for which the injured worker is required to prove compensability, according to a ...Read More | |||
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Appeals Court Vacates Wage Calculation for Worker Returning to Full-Time Position | 08/29/2025 | |
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| State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| An Arizona appeals court said the time frame an administrative law judge used to calculate preinjury monthly wages for a nurse who was injured after returning to full-time employment did not reflect her actual earning capacity at the time of the injury. ...Read More | |||
| WDCA Announces Temporary Relocation of Okemos Hearings Office | 08/29/2025 | ||
| State: MI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | |||
| The Michigan Workers' Disability Compensation Agency said its Okemos hearings office is being temporarily relocated to Lansing on Monday. The agency said the office on Woodlake Circle requires significant repairs and that the Okemos hearings office will be located in the Ottawa Buildi...Read More | |||
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NCCI: CMS Price Changes Not Significant Cost Driver | 08/29/2025 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| Adjustments that the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services made to its reimbursement rates this year are not a significant work comp cost driver, the National Council on Compensation Insurance said Thursday in a ...Read More | |||
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Worker Fails to Prove Entitlement to PPD for Shoulder Injury | 08/29/2025 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| The Oregon Court of Appeals upheld a finding that a worker was not entitled to a permanent partial disability award for a shoulder injury. ...Read More | |||
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Judge Upholds Finding of Total Disability, Partially Reverses Compensability Determinations | 08/29/2025 | |
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| State: DE | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | |||
| The Delaware Superior Court upheld a finding that a worker was totally disabled by multiple injuries, but it overturned some of the Industrial Accident Board’s findings of compensability as to individual injuries. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Who Fell While Walking Dog Gets 13% PPD Award | 08/29/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a 13% permanent partial disability award for a school employee for his injuries from a fall while walking a dog. ...Read More | |||
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Labor Law Defendants Not Entitled to Summary Judgment | 08/29/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a denial of summary judgment on a construction foreman’s Labor Law claims. Case: Impagli...Read More | |||
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Amendment Would Limit Expansion of Heart Trouble Presumption | 08/28/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A bill proposing to expand the presumption that heart trouble is a compensable condition was amended to specify that California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation workers must be peace officers to qualify. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Reinstates Denial of Worker's Request for PTD Benefits | 08/28/2025 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Ohio Supreme Court reinstated the denial of a worker’s application for permanent total disability benefits. Randall Urban worked for Wan...Read More | |||
