Workers' Compensation News
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Work Comp Educational Conference Set for Sept. 11-12 | 06/30/2025 | |
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| State: NV | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The 13th Annual Nevada Workers' Compensation Educational Conference is scheduled for Sept. 11-12 at the Palace Station Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Fails to Prove Entitlement to Expand Claim | 06/27/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld the denial of a worker's request to expand her claim. Case: Walker ...Read More | |||
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Worker Injured by Electrical Explosion Gets Partial Summary Judgment | 06/25/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a partial grant of summary judgment to a worker for his injuries from an electrical explosion. Cas...Read More | |||
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Worker Fails to Prove Industrial Loss of Use in Excess of Medical Impairment Rating | 06/24/2025 | |
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| State: MS | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Mississippi Court of Appeals upheld a determination that an injured worker did not prove an industrial loss of use in excess of his medical impairment rating. ...Read More | |||
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Worker, Property Owner Both Get Partial Summary Judgment in Labor Law Action | 06/23/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was entitled to partial summary judgment on his Labor Law claim, but that the property owner was entitled to summary judgment dismissing some of his claims against it as well. ...Read More | |||
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WCRI Study Analyzes Differences in Fee Schedules | 06/23/2025 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Workers Compensation Research Institute published a new study comparing medical fee schedules in 44 states and the District of Columbia. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Forfeits Entitlement to Benefits by Failing to Disclose Prior Injuries | 06/20/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld the forfeiture of a worker’s benefits due to her failure to disclose prior injuries to her neck and back. ...Read More | |||
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WCC Reduces Second Injury Fund Assessment Rate to 6.29% | 06/20/2025 | |
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| State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Commission announced that the assessment for the Multiple Injury Trust Fund will drop to 6.29% from 7%, effective July 1. ...Read More | |||
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Widower Can Pursue Claim Despite Wife's Failure to Link Cancer to Workplace | 06/20/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a finding that a widower was entitled to pursue a claim for benefits based on a theory that his wife’s cancer was caused by her workplace exposure to toxins, even though she never established the link. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Must File Comp Claim Before Suing Employer | 06/17/2025 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: Top | 1 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Florida workers can't unilaterally decide that an injury explicitly excluded from workers' compensation coverage is not compensable before suing their employers in tort, a state appellate court ruled. ...Read More | |||
