Workers' Compensation News
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Firefighter Cancer Trust Fund Bill Heads to Governor | 03/10/2026 | |
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| State: UT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Utah lawmakers are sending the governor a bill that would create a Firefighter Cancer Benefit Trust Fund that, among other things, aims to reduce workers' compensation costs. ...Read More | |||
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Health Care Worker Gets Benefits for Injuries From Being Pushed by Patient | 03/10/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a health care worker was entitled to benefits for injuries to his left shoulder from being shoved by a patient into a doorway. ...Read More | |||
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Worker With Two Back Injuries Disabled by Latter Condition Only | 03/10/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a finding that a worker who suffered two back injuries remained disabled by his symptoms from the latter. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Finding That Worker's Injuries Subject to PPD, Not SLU Award | 03/10/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a determination that a worker’s injuries were more amenable to a permanent partial disability classification than a schedule loss-of-use award. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Had No Duty to Protect Worker From Icy Sidewalk | 03/09/2026 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Texas appeals court affirmed summary judgment for a senior living facility in a nurse’s slip-and-fall case, finding the employer had no duty to protect her from naturally accumulated ice and did not assume such a duty by attempting to clear the sidewalks. ...Read More | |||
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Worker's Voluntary Dismissal of Wrongful Discharge Claim Doesn't Trigger Expense-Shifting | 03/09/2026 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Illinois Appellate Court ruled that a worker’s voluntary dismissal of a retaliatory discharge claim, though taken to avoid adverse pretrial rulings, did not trigger expense-shifting. ...Read More | |||
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Court Affirms Benefits for Widow of Worker Who Died From COVID-19 | 03/09/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld an award of benefits to the widow of a truck driver who died of COVID-19. Case: Matter of Hogan v....Read More | |||
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High Court Upholds Denial of TTD, Expansion of Truck Driver's Claim | 03/09/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the denial of temporary total disability benefits to a truck driver, as well as a determination that his compensable injury was limited to a low-back sprain. ...Read More | |||
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Board Can't Revisit Interlocutory Finding on Worker's Need for Surgery | 03/09/2026 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Kentucky Supreme Court overturned a decision of the Court of Appeals directing an administrative law judge to revisit a determination that a worker’s surgery was not compensable. ...Read More | |||
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Court: Federal Law Bars Cannabis as Treatment Under LHWCA | 03/06/2026 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Cannabis can't qualify as reasonable and necessary medical treatment under the Longshore Harbor and Workers' Compensation Act because it remains a Schedule I drug under federal law, the U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday. ...Read More | |||
