Workers' Compensation News
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Court Upholds Widow's Award for Worker's Death From Fungal Infection of Brain | 03/13/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld an award of benefits to a worker’s widow for a fatal fungal infection in his brain. ...Read More | |||
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WCD Adopts Fee Schedule Update | 03/13/2025 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Oregon Workers' Compensation Division adopted rules to update fee schedules and modify requirements for managed care organizations. ...Read More | |||
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Injured Worker Challenges Validity of Industrial Commission Appointments | 03/12/2025 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| An injured worker is asking a trial court to prohibit the Ohio Industrial Commission from holding hearings, issuing orders or otherwise discharging its duties because commissioners allegedly do not meet certain statutory requirements. ...Read More | |||
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Court Reverses WCAB's Decision Due to Worker's Failure to Preserve Challenge | 03/12/2025 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania overturned a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board that reversed an order reducing a worker’s average weekly wage, since his appeal to the board had not preserved any issue for disposition. ...Read More | |||
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Firefighter Not Entitled to Additional Benefits for Recurrence of Prior Back Injury | 03/12/2025 | |
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| State: DE | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Delaware Superior Court upheld a finding that a firefighter suffered a recurrence of a preexisting injury in the line of duty for which he was not entitled to additional compensation. ...Read More | |||
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IG Says Lawmakers Must Address Comp Abuse by Corrections Workers | 03/12/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| New York State Inspector General Lucy Lang said in an editorial published by the Albany Times Union that lawmakers need to address the "persistent abuse"...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim; Employer Gets Summary Judgment, Too | 03/12/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that an injured worker was entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law claim and that his employer should have been granted summary judgment on the claims for contribution and indemnification against it. ...Read More | |||
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Pinnacol Board Chair Says Change Needed to Help Struggling Carrier | 03/12/2025 | |
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| State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The chairwoman of the board of directors for Colorado's Pinnacol Assurance penned an op-ed for the Denver Post saying changes are needed for the quasi-public insurer to...Read More | |||
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Mine Worker Entitled to Expand Claim, Receive Additional Treatment | 03/12/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld the authorization of additional treatment for a worker’s injuries from a mining accident, as well as the expansion of his claim to include additional injuries. ...Read More | |||
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Pharmacist to Serve 17 Years, Forfeit $405M for Compound Drug Scheme | 03/12/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The U.S. Department of Justice announced that a Texas pharmacist was sentenced to more than 17 years in prison for his role in a compound drug scheme targeting injured federal workers. ...Read More | |||
