Workers' Compensation News
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High Court: Underinsured Motorist Exclusion Hinges on Availability of Comp Benefits | 03/24/2025 | |
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| State: UT | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A district court erred in concluding that statutory limitations on underinsured motorist insurance that excludes coverage for benefits available through workers' compensation applied without regard to whether the benefits were available for a specific claimant, the Utah Supreme Court ruled....Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds TTD Award for Lineman After Failed Attempt to Return to Work | 03/24/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld an award of benefits to a lineman after he unsuccessfully attempted to return to duty after suffering an electric shock injury. ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Reinstatement of Worker's TD Status, Orders Additional Proceedings | 03/24/2025 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania vacated a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board that reinstated a worker’s total disability status, finding additional proceedings were necessary for a judge to determine whether the worker’s status should be modified....Read More | |||
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Circuits Split on Whether Enhanced PPD Award Can Count in Determining Fund Liability | 03/24/2025 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Missouri Court of Appeals now has a split among its districts, with the Southern District ruling that a prior enhanced permanent partial disability award cannot be used to add weeks of compensation to an otherwise nonqualifying injury to trigger the liability of the Second Injury Fund. ...Read More | |||
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Court Revives General Contractor's Indemnification Claim Against Sub | 03/24/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court revived a general contractor’s claim against a subcontractor for indemnification from liability to an allegedly injured worker. ...Read More | |||
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Report: City's Comp Costs Skyrocket | 03/21/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Santa Monica Daily Press reported a nearly 30% increase in the city's work comp liabilities in the most recent fiscal year, as hospital fees increased 264% and nursing ho...Read More | |||
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High Court Says Any Part of Treatment Plan Is 'Medicines and Supplies,' Orders Payment for CBD Oil | 03/21/2025 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Thursday ordered a law firm that represents injured workers to reimburse one of its partners for cannabinoid oil he was prescribed for a back injury, holding that any item that is part of a health care provider's plan to treat a work-related injury falls unde...Read More | |||
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High Court Rules Judges Can Award TD After Maximum Medical Improvement | 03/21/2025 | |
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| State: CT | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Connecticut Supreme Court ruled that an administrative law judge has the discretion to award ongoing temporary disability benefits to a worker who has reached maximum medical improvement in lieu of permanent partial disability benefits and up to the statutory maximum of 520 weeks. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Order for Employer to Pay for Worker's FCE | 03/21/2025 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Virginia Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a worker’s functional capacity evaluation qualified as a compensable form of “necessary medical attention,” since it was not for the sole purpose of obtaining a permanency rating. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Worker's PPD Award for Fall Injuries | 03/21/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a determination that a worker was entitled to a 14% permanent partial disability award for his injuries from a fall. ...Read More | |||
