Workers' Compensation News
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Worker Fails to Prove Compensability of Cervical Disc Displacement | 08/20/2025 | |
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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 failed to prove that his cervical disc displacement was a compensable injury. ...Read More | |||
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CCWC Seeks Session Proposals for 2026 Conference | 08/19/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The California Coalition on Workers' Compensation is accepting session proposals for its 2026 annual educational conference. CCWC sai...Read More | |||
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Appropriations Committee Hears Comp Bills Wednesday | 08/19/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California lawmakers will consider the potential fiscal implications of a handful of comp bills during a hearing on Wednesday. The Assembl...Read More | |||
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Ultrasound Technician Suffers Compensable Psychological Injury From Patient's Harassment | 08/19/2025 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Virginia Court of Appeals upheld a finding that an ultrasound technician suffered a compensable psychological injury from a patient’s unwanted sexual advances and his “salacious and exhibitionistic” exposure of his genitals. ...Read More | |||
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MLAC, Subcommittees to Meet in Salem | 08/19/2025 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| Oregon's Management-Labor Advisory Committee and two of its subcommittees will meet Thursday and Friday to discuss issues relating to exclusive remedy, access to care and average weekly wages. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Dismissal of Worker's Labor Law Claim for Amputated Finger | 08/19/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld the summary dismissal of a worker’s Labor Law claims for an accident that resulted in the amputation of a finger. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets TTD for Electric Shock Injuries | 08/19/2025 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld a finding that a worker was entitled to temporary total disability benefits for his ongoing issues after an electric shock. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Entitled to Increase in PPD Award | 08/19/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals ruled that an injured worker was entitled to an increase in her permanent partial disability award. ...Read More | |||
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Exclusivity Doesn't Bar Worker's Suit for Being Run Over by Trailer | 08/18/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court ruled that exclusivity did not bar a worker’s civil suit against his employer for his injuries from being run over by an equipment trailer. ...Read More | |||
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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 | |||
