Workers' Compensation News
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High Court: Record Doesn't Support Decision Finding Worker's PPD Rating 'Overinflated' | 09/04/2026 | |
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| State: ID | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Idaho Supreme Court said there was no evidence to support the Industrial Commission's finding that a worker's requested 34% permanent partial disability rating was "overinflated" or its decision to substitute a 20% rating instead. ...Read More | |||
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Statutory Cap Applies to Independent Contractor's Ability to Recover Damages for Work Injury | 09/04/2026 | |
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| State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Colorado Court of Appeals ruled that an independent contractor who suffered an on-the-job injury must have any recovery capped at $15,000. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Award of Benefits, Fees, Penalties for Injuries from Ladder Accident | 09/04/2026 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court upheld an award of benefits, fees and penalties for a worker injured in a ladder accident. ...Read More | |||
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Carrier Owed No Coverage to Employer for Worker's Fatal Accident | 09/04/2026 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Illinois Appellate Court upheld a determination that an insurance carrier owed no coverage to an employer for a worker’s fatal accident at a construction site. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Can Expand Claim to Include CRPS, But Not Lumbar Spine Condition | 09/04/2026 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld the expansion of a worker’s claim to include complex regional pain syndrome, but not a lumbar spine condition. ...Read More | |||
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SAIF Declares $50M Dividend | 09/04/2026 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| The board of directors for Oregon workers' compensation carrier SAIF declared a $50 million dividend for policyholders whose terms ended in 2025. ...Read More | |||
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Court Publishes Decision Finding Out-of-State NFL Player Can Pursue Comp Claim | 09/03/2026 | |
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| State: MD | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Maryland Appellate Court ruled that a professional football player who has not physically completed any of his job duties in Maryland may still be a covered by the state comp system if he expected to be “regularly employed” within the state. ...Read More | |||
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Immediate Appeal Not Available for Challenge to Judge's Decision Not to Recuse | 09/03/2026 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that a worker’s challenge to a judge’s decision not to recuse herself was not immediately appealable. ...Read More | |||
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Hospital Employee Gets Benefits for Injuries from Fall While Walking Into Workplace | 09/03/2026 | |
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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 hospital employee for her injury from a fall as she was walking into her workplace. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Denial of Worker's Request for Reconsideration, Board Review | 09/03/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld the denial of a worker’s request for reconsideration or full board review of the denial of his claim for a shoulder injury. ...Read More | |||
