Workers' Compensation News
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Worker With PPD Can't Get Extreme Hardship Redetermination | 03/11/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker with a permanent partial disability waited too long to request an extreme hardship redetermination. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Denial of Worker's Request to Expand Claim | 03/11/2026 | |
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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 the scope of his claim to add radiculopathy of the lumbosacral spine and degeneration of the lumbar intervertebral disc. ...Read More | |||
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Court Finds Ranch Hand's Tick-Borne Illness Compensable | 03/11/2026 | |
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| State: AR | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Arkansas Court of Appeals ruled that a ranch hand’s tick-borne illness was a compensable occupational disease. Case: Mohler v...Read More | |||
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Police Officer's Duty Disability Benefits Not Subject to Offset | 03/10/2026 | |
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| State: WI | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Wisconsin Court of Appeals, in an unpublished decision, ruled that a police officer’s duty disability benefits could not be offset by the workers' compensation benefits he already received. ...Read More | |||
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PTSD Pilot Proposal Goes to Governor | 03/10/2026 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Washington state lawmakers voted to send the governor a bill that would allow the Department of Labor and Industries to implement a pilot program to expedite treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder. ...Read More | |||
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Senate Confirms Reappointment of Commissioner Coggiola | 03/10/2026 | |
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| State: SC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The South Carolina Senate confirmed the reappointment of John "Gabe" Coggiola to serve a six-year term on the Workers' Compensation Commission. ...Read More | |||
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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 | |||
