Workers' Compensation News
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Court Overturns Summary Judgment for Worker's Labor Law Claim | 07/10/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was not entitled to summary judgment in his Labor Law action for his alleged injuries from a fall from a ladder, and that the defendant was entitled to partial summary judgment dismissing his claims. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Finding That Worker's Condition Deteriorated to PTD | 07/10/2026 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Kentucky Supreme Court unanimously upheld a determination that a worker’s condition had worsened to the point that he was entitled to permanent total disability benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Benefits for Cancer From Occupational Chemical Exposures | 07/10/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld an award of benefits for a worker for his bladder and kidney urothelial cancer. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Says Worker's Impairment Rating Shouldn't Have Been Reduced | 07/10/2026 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Iowa Supreme Court ruled that a worker’s impairment rating for a distal clavicle excision should not have been reduced. Case:...Read More | |||
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Employers Anticipate Comprehensive Reforms in 2027 | 07/09/2026 | |
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| By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| ANAHEIM, Calif. — Employers are gearing up for negotiations over permanent disability benefits and broader reforms next year, the chief lobbyist for the California Coalition on Workers' Compensation said Wednesday. ...Read More | |||
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Part of Worker's Labor Law Claim Dismissed; 3rd-Party Defendants Get Partial Judgment, Too | 07/09/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that part of a worker’s Labor Law action should have been dismissed on summary judgment, and that the third-party defendants were both entitled to partial summary judgment on the claims against them as well. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Expansion of Worker's Claim for Excavator Injuries | 07/09/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld the expansion of a worker’s claim to include additional injuries from being struck by an excavator. ...Read More | |||
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Healthcare Worker Gets PTD Award for Back Injury | 07/09/2026 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An Ohio appellate court upheld an award of permanent total disability benefits for a healthcare worker’s back injury. Case: ...Read More | |||
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Justices Say District Courts Can Vacate Compensation Court Orders | 07/09/2026 | |
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| State: NE | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Nebraska Supreme Court ruled that a district court has equitable jurisdiction to vacate an order of the compensation court. Case:...Read More | |||
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Court Says ICAO Can't Extend 60-Day Time Frame for Issuing Orders | 07/09/2026 | |
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| State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Colorado Court of Appeals ruled that once the Industrial Claim Appeals Office receives the certified record in a workers’ compensation benefits appeal, it cannot extend the 60-day time frame for issuing an order. ...Read More | |||
