Workers' Compensation News
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Court Dismisses Claim by Worker Who Was Retrieving Personal Belongings | 02/23/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld the summary dismissal of a Labor Law action by an individual who fell from a pallet rack while retrieving personal belongings from a warehouse leased by his brother-in-law’s company. ...Read More | |||
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Court: Employer Didn't Rebut Heart-Lung Presumption | 02/20/2026 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A judge of compensation claims erred in finding that an employer rebutted a presumptive claim because the Citrus County Sheriff's Office and Florida Sheriff's Risk Management Fund failed to carry their burden of establishing that the causes of a sergeant's heart condition were exclusi...Read More | |||
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No Relief for Employer That Failed to Oppose Worker's Petition | 02/20/2026 | |
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| State: NV | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Nevada Court of Appeals upheld the denial of relief to an employer that failed to oppose a worker’s petition challenging the suspension of her benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Unemployable Truck Driver Gets PTD Award | 02/20/2026 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| An Ohio appellate court upheld an award of permanent total disability benefits to a truck driver, finding that the combined effect of his injuries, advanced age, limited education, job history and restrictions left him unemployable. ...Read More | |||
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Board's Insufficient Analysis Leads to Vacatur of PPD Award | 02/20/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals vacated an award of permanent partial disability benefits to a miner because of deficiencies in the Board of Review's analysis. ...Read More | |||
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Court Rejects Property Owner's 'Integral-to-the-Work' Defense | 02/20/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court rejected a property owner’s “integral-to-the-work” defense to a worker’s Labor Law claim. ...Read More | |||
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Exclusivity Bars Tort Claims for Asbestos Exposure | 02/19/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Workers' compensation is the exclusive remedy for workers suing San Diego and a city official for injuries they allegedly suffered after b...Read More | |||
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Senate Passes Medical Treatment Bill | 02/19/2026 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Washington Senate passed a bill that would declare the intent of the Legislature to increase access to medical treatment and ...Read More | |||
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Provider Doesn't Have Claim for Double Damages if Carrier Disputes Claim in Good Faith | 02/19/2026 | |
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| State: MI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Michigan Court of Appeals ruled that as long as a workers’ compensation insurance carrier has a good-faith ground for disputing coverage for a medi...Read More | |||
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House Passes Bill to Cover Exacerbation of Mental Health Conditions | 02/19/2026 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Virginia House of Delegates unanimously passed a bill that would provide workers' compensation coverage for the exacerbation of preexisting mental health conditions without an accompanying physical injury for law enforcement and firefighters. ...Read More | |||
