Workers' Compensation News
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Court Cites Ruttiger in Vacating $750,000 Jury Award for Bad Faith Actions | 07/28/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appeals court overturned a $750,000 jury award against Sentry Insurance, finding that a permanently disabled worker's bad faith claims were barred by the 2012 state Supreme Court decision in Ruttiger. ...Read More | |||
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ALJ Must Address Possible Consequential Disability From Injury | 07/28/2025 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that a case had to be remanded for a judge to address whether a worker’s disability was a natural and probable consequence of an injury. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds 33% PPD Award for Coal Miner | 07/28/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld an award of 33% permanent partial disability benefits to an injured coal miner. ...Read More | |||
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Government Gets 'Windfall' of Immunity for Contractor's Injuries | 07/28/2025 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A federal appellate court ruled that the government was entitled to the “windfall” of enjoying immunity for a contractor’s injuries under Virginia’s workers’ compensation law. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Reinstates Denial of Worker's Request for Additional Treatment | 07/28/2025 | |
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| State: SD | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The South Dakota Supreme Court reinstated a decision by an administrative law judge denying a worker’s claim for additional treatment. ...Read More | |||
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High Court to Hear Dispute Over Benefit Forfeiture for Refusal of Medical Services | 07/25/2025 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Pennsylvania Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal involving conditions under which an injured worker forfeits all rights to compensation by refusing reasonable medical services. ...Read More | |||
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Summary Dismissal Appropriate for Worker's Tort Claims Against Employer, General Contractor | 07/25/2025 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| An Ohio appellate court upheld the summary dismissal of a worker’s civil actions against his employer, the general contractor of a project and a subcontractor for injuries he sustained while working. ...Read More | |||
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Compensability of Worker's Injury Upheld; Case Remanded for Correction of Record | 07/25/2025 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld a determination that a worker had suffered a compensable injury to his foot, but ruled that the case had to be remanded for the record to be corrected. ...Read More | |||
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Court: Board Should Have Granted Hardship Application for Worker With Meager Income | 07/25/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court overturned the Workers’ Compensation Board’s denial of an extreme hardship application by a worker scraping by on $1,280 per month. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Finding That Worker Has No Permanent Impairment From Shoulder Injury | 07/25/2025 | |
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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 had no permanent impairment from a shoulder injury. Case...Read More | |||
