Workers' Compensation News
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Flight Attendant Gets Approval for Surgery to Treat Back Injury From Rough Landing | 08/12/2025 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Washington Court of Appeals upheld a jury’s determination that a flight attendant was entitled to surgery to treat a back injury from a hard landing. ...Read More | |||
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WCD Revises Form to Challenge Claim Classification | 08/12/2025 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Oregon Workers' Compensation Division revised the form for injured workers and their representatives to request review of an insurer's decision classifying a claim as "nondisabling." ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Partial Dismissal of Worker's Labor Law Claim | 08/12/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld the partial dismissal of a worker’s Labor Law claims for his alleged injuries from a fall from a ladder. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Award for Worker With Preexisting Knee Issues | 08/12/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a determination that a worker with preexisting knee issues was entitled to benefits for a knee contusion after a fall at work. ...Read More | |||
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Court Revives Mother's Civil Suit for Murder of Daughter by Co-Worker | 08/12/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court revived a mother’s negligence suit over the murder of her daughter by a co-worker. Case: Sanchez v. K&...Read More | |||
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Governor Approves Returning Comp Judges to DWD, Vetoes Contractor Status for Uber Drivers | 08/12/2025 | |
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| State: WI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers signed a bill bringing workers' compensation judges back to the Department of Workforce Development. The governor on Frida...Read More | |||
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NCCI Proposes 13.5% Rate Cut | 08/12/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The National Council on Compensation Insurance is recommending that the West Virginia Office of the Insurance Commissioner reduce voluntary market loss costs by 13.5%. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Increases Payroll Cap, Closes Second Injury Fund, Requires ODG Formulary | 08/11/2025 | |
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| State: NV | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Nevada will nearly triple the payroll cap used to calculate workers’ compensation premiums and close one of its second injury funds to new claims, under a wide-ranging reform bill. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Closure of Worker's Claim, Denial of Expansion | 08/11/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the closure of a worker’s claim, the denial of his requests for additional treatment and the denial of his request to expand the scope of his claim. ...Read More | |||
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Defendant in Civil Suit May Designate Worker's Employer as Responsible Third Party | 08/11/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court ruled that a defendant in a civil suit should have been allowed to designate an injured worker’s employer as a responsible third party. ...Read More | |||
