Workers' Compensation News
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Average Monthly Wage Properly Excludes Higher Earnings From Prior Position | 10/01/2025 | |
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| State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Arizona Court of Appeals upheld the calculation of a worker’s average monthly wage based on his actual income before his injury, not the higher earnings he had in a different position before an injury resulted in his move to the lower-paying post. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Not Entitled to Fees Payable From Penalty Assessed on Employer | 10/01/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a determination that a worker was not entitled to an award of fees payable from a penalty imposed on his employer. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Says Medical Commission Should Have Decided Causation Dispute | 09/30/2025 | |
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| State: WY | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Wyoming Supreme Court ruled that a dispute over causation for a worker’s claimed neck injury should have been referred to the state Medical Commission instead of the Office of Administrative Hearings. ...Read More | |||
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NCOIL Urges Reauthorization of TRIA Through 2035 | 09/30/2025 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The National Conference of Insurance Legislators is encouraging federal lawmakers to support a proposal to reauthorize the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act through 2035. ...Read More | |||
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Injured Worker Gets SLU Award | 09/30/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was entitled to a schedule loss of use award. Case: Matter of Romero v. Akorn Inc., ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Denial of PPD for Worker With COVID-19 Complications | 09/30/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a denial of permanent partial disability benefits to a worker for her COVID-19 infection and post-COVID syndrome. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Authorizes Injections, Surgery for Back Injury | 09/30/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld an authorization of injections and surgery for a worker’s back injury. Case: ICG Beckl...Read More | |||
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Police Officer Not Entitled to 5th Extension of Duty Disability Benefits | 09/30/2025 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Illinois Appellate Court upheld the denial of an injured police officer’s request to extend his duty disability benefits a fifth time. ...Read More | |||
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Second Injury Fund Not Liable for PTD Benefits to Blind Worker With Foot Injury | 09/30/2025 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Missouri Court of Appeals ruled that the Second Injury Fund was not liable for permanent total disability benefits to a blind worker who suffered a foot injury. ...Read More | |||
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Limitations Period Must Be Tolled When Disabilities Delay Action | 09/29/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 1 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court said the one-year limitations period to bring a legal malpractice claim must be tolled when an injured worker alleges that her disabilities restrict her ability to file a complaint, at least for purposes of demurrer. ...Read More | |||
