Workers' Compensation News
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WCIRB Releases 2025 Comp Losses and Expenses Report | 07/10/2026 | |
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| The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California has released its report on 2025 California Workers’ Compensation Losses and Expenses, providing an overview of statewide insurer spending for the 2025 calendar year. ...Read More | |||
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Ship Painter Gets PPD Award, Fees Under LHWCA for Respiratory Ailments | 07/10/2026 | |
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| State: IN | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A federal appellate court upheld an award of partial disability benefits and attorney fees to a ship painter under the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act for his respiratory ailments. ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Summary Judgment for Worker's Labor Law Claim | 07/10/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was not entitled to summary judgment in his Labor Law action for his alleged injuries from a fall from a ladder, and that the defendant was entitled to partial summary judgment dismissing his claims. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Finding That Worker's Condition Deteriorated to PTD | 07/10/2026 | |
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| The Kentucky Supreme Court unanimously upheld a determination that a worker’s condition had worsened to the point that he was entitled to permanent total disability benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Benefits for Cancer From Occupational Chemical Exposures | 07/10/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld an award of benefits for a worker for his bladder and kidney urothelial cancer. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Says Worker's Impairment Rating Shouldn't Have Been Reduced | 07/10/2026 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | |||
| The Iowa Supreme Court ruled that a worker’s impairment rating for a distal clavicle excision should not have been reduced. Case:...Read More | |||
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Employers Anticipate Comprehensive Reforms in 2027 | 07/09/2026 | |
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| By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| ANAHEIM, Calif. — Employers are gearing up for negotiations over permanent disability benefits and broader reforms next year, the chief lobbyist for the California Coalition on Workers' Compensation said Wednesday. ...Read More | |||
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Part of Worker's Labor Law Claim Dismissed; 3rd-Party Defendants Get Partial Judgment, Too | 07/09/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that part of a worker’s Labor Law action should have been dismissed on summary judgment, and that the third-party defendants were both entitled to partial summary judgment on the claims against them as well. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Expansion of Worker's Claim for Excavator Injuries | 07/09/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld the expansion of a worker’s claim to include additional injuries from being struck by an excavator. ...Read More | |||
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Healthcare Worker Gets PTD Award for Back Injury | 07/09/2026 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An Ohio appellate court upheld an award of permanent total disability benefits for a healthcare worker’s back injury. Case: ...Read More | |||
