Workers' Compensation News
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Court Upholds 12% PPD Award for Worker's Back Injury | 08/26/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a 12% permanent partial disability award for a worker’s back injury. Case:...Read More | |||
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Court: Railway Should Have Been Granted Summary Judgment on FELA Claim | 08/26/2025 | |
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| State: GA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Georgia Court of Appeals ruled that a railway should have been granted summary judgment dismissing a worker’s Federal Employers’ Liability Act claim. ...Read More | |||
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Labor Law Defendants Not Entitled to Summary Dismissal of Claims | 08/26/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that the defendants in a Labor Law action were not entitled to summary judgment dismissing the claims against them. ...Read More | |||
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Judge Can't Vacate Jury's AOE/COE Determination in Negligence Case | 08/25/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A jury's finding that employees of a Mazda dealership were not acting in the course and scope of their employment when one seriously injured the other in a car accident is supported by the evidence and can't be vacated by a judge, a Texas appeals court ruled. ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Partial Summary Judgment for Worker on Labor Law Claims | 08/25/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court overturned partial summary judgment for a worker on his Labor Law claims for his alleged fall on a staircase. Case...Read More | |||
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BWC Announces 1% Rate Cut for Public Employers | 08/25/2025 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation said its board of directors approved a 1% rate cut for public employers. The reduction is exp...Read More | |||
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Injured Worker Who Rejected Job Offer Still Gets TTD | 08/25/2025 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Kentucky Court of Appeals upheld a finding that a worker was entitled to temporary total disability benefits despite rejecting an accommodation job offer. ...Read More | |||
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No VSSR Award for Widow of Worker Crushed by Tree Stump | 08/25/2025 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| An Ohio appellate court ruled that a widow was not entitled to an enhanced award of benefits for a violation of a specific safety regulation, since she relied on a regulation that was inapplicable to the circumstances of her husband's death. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Award for Noise-Induced Hearing Loss | 08/25/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld an award of benefits for a worker with noise-induced hearing loss. Case:...Read More | |||
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Committee Passes Uninsured Employer, Death Benefit Bills | 08/22/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Assembly Appropriations Committee unanimously passed bills to bolster the ability of the Department of Industrial Relations to recover money from illegally uninsured employers and align death benefits for first responders with changes made by the Affordable Care Act. ...Read More | |||
