Workers' Compensation News
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Labor Department Sets Hearing on Fee Schedule Update | 09/02/2025 | |
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| The South Dakota Department of Labor and Regulation is holding a hearing Sept. 19 on proposed changes to its work comp medical fee schedule. ...Read More | |||
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Vessel Owner Prevails on Injured Longshoreman's Maritime Negligence Claims | 09/02/2025 | |
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| State: AK | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A federal appellate court upheld a defense judgment on an injured longshoreman’s maritime negligence claim. Case: N...Read More | |||
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Worker Who Fell From Scaffold Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim | 09/02/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a construction worker should have been granted summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for his injuries from a fall from a scaffold. ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Jury Verdict for Injured Truck Driver on Fraud Claims | 09/02/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court overturned a jury verdict in favor of a truck driver and his company, finding they could not prove the causation element of their fraud claims based on the defendant’s failure to provide nonsubscriber insurance. ...Read More | |||
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Firefighter Loses Appeal Due to Procedural Failure | 09/02/2025 | |
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| State: NV | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Nevada court ruled that a firefighter’s failure to challenge both bases for the denial of an increase in his permanent partial disability award was fatal to his appeal. ...Read More | |||
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Report Finds High Denial Rate for Presumptive PTSD Claims | 08/29/2025 | |
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| State: MN | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Claims for post-traumatic stress disorder that are presumed to arise out of employment are denied at a greater rate than those for which the injured worker is required to prove compensability, according to a ...Read More | |||
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Appeals Court Vacates Wage Calculation for Worker Returning to Full-Time Position | 08/29/2025 | |
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| State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An Arizona appeals court said the time frame an administrative law judge used to calculate preinjury monthly wages for a nurse who was injured after returning to full-time employment did not reflect her actual earning capacity at the time of the injury. ...Read More | |||
| WDCA Announces Temporary Relocation of Okemos Hearings Office | 08/29/2025 | ||
| State: MI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Michigan Workers' Disability Compensation Agency said its Okemos hearings office is being temporarily relocated to Lansing on Monday. The agency said the office on Woodlake Circle requires significant repairs and that the Okemos hearings office will be located in the Ottawa Buildi...Read More | |||
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NCCI: CMS Price Changes Not Significant Cost Driver | 08/29/2025 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Adjustments that the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services made to its reimbursement rates this year are not a significant work comp cost driver, the National Council on Compensation Insurance said Thursday in a ...Read More | |||
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Worker Fails to Prove Entitlement to PPD for Shoulder Injury | 08/29/2025 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Oregon Court of Appeals upheld a finding that a worker was not entitled to a permanent partial disability award for a shoulder injury. ...Read More | |||
