Workers' Compensation News
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Pennsylvania, Hawaii Lawmakers Target Compound Drug Prices | 03/17/2026 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Lawmakers in Pennsylvania and Hawaii are proposing legislation that would align state standards with federal laws to crack down on inflated prices for compound drugs in their workers' compensation systems. ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Denial of Worker's Request to Reopen | 03/17/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court overturned a decision by the Workers’ Compensation Board that denied a worker’s request to reopen her claim. ...Read More | |||
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Worker's Injuries From Fall Not Self-Inflicted | 03/17/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a finding that a worker was entitled to benefits for his injuries from a trip-and-fall accident, as they were not the result of a self-inflicted injury. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Summary Dismissal of Worker's Suit Against Employer, Carrier, Former Attorney | 03/17/2026 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Texas appellate court upheld the dismissal of a worker’s suit against his former attorney, employer and his employer’s insurance carrier for alleged misconduct related to the handling of his workers’ compensation action. ...Read More | |||
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No Declaratory Judgment for Carrier in Injury Coverage Dispute | 03/17/2026 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court ruled that an insurance carrier was not entitled to a declaratory judgment that it did not owe coverage under its commercial general liability policy for a worker’s alleged injuries. ...Read More | |||
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Business Owner Accused of Operating Without Coverage | 03/17/2026 | |
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| State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Connecticut Division of Criminal Justice announced that the owner of a janitorial company was arrested and charged with failing to carry workers' compensation insurance for his employees. ...Read More | |||
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CopperPoint Names Mark Woods SVP, Head of Product | 03/17/2026 | |
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| State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| CopperPoint Insurance Cos. named Mark Woods senior vice president and head of product. ...Read More | |||
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Court: Employers Can't Limit Maintenance Medical in Final Admissions of Liability | 03/16/2026 | |
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| State: CO | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Colorado Court of Appeals ruled that employers cannot limit maintenance medical benefits to specific treatments in a final admission of liability. ...Read More | |||
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No Penalty Award for Premature Closing of Worker's Claim | 03/16/2026 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Oregon Court of Appeals ruled that a worker was not entitled to a penalty for the premature closure of his claim for an ankle injury. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Fee Award for Unreasonable Omission of Back Injury in Claim | 03/16/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld an award of attorney fees to a worker, finding that an administrator’s failure to include a back strain as a compensable component of the claim was unreasonable. ...Read More | |||
