Workers' Compensation News
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Court Affirms Compensability Determination for Unobserved Fall | 04/20/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appeals court affirmed the determination that a man's brain and head injuries were compensable even though the mechanism of the injury was unknown. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Signs Bill to Create Heat Protections | 04/20/2026 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Gov. Abigail Spanberger signed companion bills that will add Virginia to the growing list of states with specific, enforceable workplace heat standards on the books. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Fails to Prove Occupational Disease From Repetitive Movement | 04/20/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld the denial of a worker’s claim that he had sustained an occupational disease due to osteoarthritis in his knees, worsened by work-related repetitive movement. ...Read More | |||
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Board's Intervening Decision Moots Worker's Appeal Challenging Denial of Claim | 04/20/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court said that an intervening decision by the Workers’ Compensation Board after the denial of a worker’s claim has mooted his appeal. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds 13% PPD Award for Worker's Injuries | 04/20/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a 13% permanent partial disability award for an injured worker. Case: Blackhawk Mining LLC ...Read More | |||
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Employer's Successor-in-Interest Not Liable for Worker's Mesothelioma | 04/20/2026 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Missouri Court of Appeals upheld a jury verdict finding that the successor-in-interest to a worker’s former employer was shielded from liability for her contraction of mesothelioma. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Signs Experience Rating, Claimant Privacy Bill | 04/20/2026 | |
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| State: NE | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen enacted a bill addressing experience rating credits and the confidentiality of injured workers' names and contact information. ...Read More | |||
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WCIRB Recommends 10.4% Rate Increase | 04/17/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Governing Committee for the Workers' Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau on Wednesday voted 8-0 to recommend that the California insurance com...Read More | |||
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Committee Passes Debit Card Bill | 04/17/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Assembly Insurance Committee unanimously passed a bill that would permanently allow employers and carriers to use prepaid debit cards to provi...Read More | |||
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Court Remands Case for Proper Traveling Employee Analysis | 04/17/2026 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission performed the wrong legal analysis in awarding death benefits to the surviving heir of a woman who died in a car crash while delivering supplies for her employer. ...Read More | |||
