Workers' Compensation News
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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 Other | |||
| 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 | |||
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Court Upholds Denial of Additional Treatment, Overturns Closure of Claim | 08/18/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld the denial of authorization for additional treatment for an injured worker but overturned the closure of his claim for temporary total disability benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Award to Truck Driver, Provides Guidance on Calculating AWW | 08/18/2025 | |
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| State: ME | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Supreme Judicial Court of Maine upheld an award of benefits to an injured truck driver and provided guidance on how to calculate the average weekly wage of those who do not work full-time all months of the year. ...Read More | |||
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Nursing Home Official Gets Probation for Kickback Scheme | 08/18/2025 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A man who ran the workers' compensation program for a nursing home in central Pennsylvania was sentenced to probation for two years and ordered to forfeit $628,450, according to a report by ...Read More | |||
