Workers' Compensation News
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Partial Summary Judgment on Worker's Labor Law Claim Overturned | 08/18/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court partially overturned a grant of summary judgment for a worker on his Labor Law claim based on his fall through a hole in an attic floor. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Denial of Additional Treatment, Overturns Closure of Claim | 08/18/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld the denial of authorization for additional treatment for an injured worker but overturned the closure of his claim for temporary total disability benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Award to Truck Driver, Provides Guidance on Calculating AWW | 08/18/2025 | |
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| State: ME | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Supreme Judicial Court of Maine upheld an award of benefits to an injured truck driver and provided guidance on how to calculate the average weekly wage of those who do not work full-time all months of the year. ...Read More | |||
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Nursing Home Official Gets Probation for Kickback Scheme | 08/18/2025 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A man who ran the workers' compensation program for a nursing home in central Pennsylvania was sentenced to probation for two years and ordered to forfeit $628,450, according to a report by ...Read More | |||
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WCAB: Electronic Testimony Should Be Permitted When Witness Unable to Appear in Person | 08/15/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Because an evidentiary record is required for appellate review, and to safeguard due process, a request for electronic testimony must not be denied without an opportunity to be heard, the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board said Thursday in an en banc decision. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Distribution of Attorney Fees in Civil Suit Over Worker's Fatal Accident | 08/15/2025 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court upheld the distribution of contingency fees between two law firms that represented the family of a worker who was killed while inflating a defective tire. ...Read More | |||
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WCAB Errs in Finding Police Officer Should Have Pursued Psych Claim in Earlier Litigation | 08/15/2025 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania overturned a determination of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board that found a police officer should have pursued his claim for a psychological injury in earlier litigation. ...Read More | |||
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JCC Misspeaks but Properly Grants Summary Adjudication of Claim | 08/15/2025 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Florida appellate court said that even though a judge made misstatements in his decision granting a motion for summary adjudication, the judge performed the proper standard of review and did not err in granting the motion. ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Denial of Authorization for Knee Surgery | 08/15/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals overturned a denial of authorization for a knee replacement surgery, finding that the Board of Review had not conducted an adequate analysis of the issue. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Pleads Guilty in Deadly Nitrogen Leak | 08/14/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health announced that a food processing plant pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor counts related to the deaths of two workers. ...Read More | |||
