Workers' Compensation News
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Supreme Court Disbars Claimants' Attorney for Stealing From Clients | 02/24/2026 | |
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| State: GA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Georgia Supreme Court this month disbarred a claimants’ attorney who forged his clients’ signatures on checks and stole $159,615 in proceeds for his own purposes. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Adopt Federal Standards for Contractor Classification | 02/24/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A bill introduced in West Virginia on Monday would adopt a nearly 40-year-old federal standard for determining whether a worker is an employee or a contractor. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets 12% PPD Award for Loss of Grip Strength | 02/24/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Other | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a 12% permanent partial disability award to a worker for his loss of grip strength due to a compensable injury. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Establishment of Occupational Disease Claim | 02/24/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld the establishment of a worker’s occupational disease claim for her elbows. Case: Matter o...Read More | |||
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Split Supreme Court Cites Triable Issues in Worker's Tort Suit | 02/23/2026 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A divided Pennsylvania Supreme Court upheld a determination that triable issues precluded summary judgment on a worker’s tort suit for his injuries from a skid loader accident against the owner of the machine, who was also a co-employee. ...Read More | |||
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Senate Passes Heart-Lung Presumption Bill | 02/23/2026 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Florida Senate unanimously passed a bill that would allow first responders to use a preemployment physical examination from a former employer to invoke the presumption that certain heart and lung diseases arose from employment. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Effectively Codify High Court Decision in Kocanowski | 02/23/2026 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| New Jersey lawmakers have introduced legislation that would effectively codify a state Supreme Court decision holding that volunteer firefighters injured in the line of duty are entitled to the maximum temporary disability benefit, regardless of whether they had outside employment at the time of ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Require Heat Protections for Workers | 02/23/2026 | |
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| State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Legislation introduced in Colorado would require the Department of Labor and Employment to collect data and develop model guidance for preventing heat-related injuries and illnesses. ...Read More | |||
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Bills Propose Expanding PTSD Coverage, System Study | 02/23/2026 | |
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| State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Connecticut lawmakers introduced bills that would expand conditions triggering workers' compensation coverage for post-traumatic stress disorder and require a study of the state's system. ...Read More | |||
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Benefit Increase, Revised Process for Failed RTW Proposed | 02/23/2026 | |
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| State: GA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Legislation introduced in Georgia would increase temporary disability and death benefits and revise the process for reinstating benefits when an effort to return an injured worker to employment fails. ...Read More | |||
