Workers' Compensation News
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Worker Fails to Establish Back Injury Wasn't Caused by Preexisting Conditions | 05/29/2026 | |
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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 claim for a back injury because her earlier complaints from preexisting conditions were “virtually the same” as her symptoms following the alleged injury. ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Elimination of Worker's Impairment Award | 05/29/2026 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Oregon Court of Appeals overturned a decision by the Workers’ Compensation Board that eliminated a worker’s impairment award. ...Read More | |||
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IAIABC Names 2026 NextGen Award Recipients | 05/29/2026 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions announced the recipients of its NextGen Award, which recognizes people under 40 who are having a substantial and positive impact on their organizations and leading the workers' compensation industry into the future....Read More | |||
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EDD Reps Leaving WCAB District Offices | 05/28/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| State officials confirmed Wednesday that California’s Employment Development Department is pulling its physical offices out of workers’ compensation courthouses next month, a major operational shift that attorneys warn will stall case settlements. ...Read More | |||
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Assembly Passes SIBTF Bill | 05/28/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Assembly passed a bill proposing numerous changes to the processes and requirements relating to the Subsequent Injuries Benefits Trust Fund. ...Read More | |||
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Worker, Defendant Each Get Partial Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claims | 05/28/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was entitled to partial summary judgment on his Labor Law claims and that a defendant was entitled to partial summary dismissal. ...Read More | |||
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Summary Judgment Upheld for Worker Who Fell Into Unguarded Trench | 05/28/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a grant of summary judgment to a worker on his Labor Law claim for his injuries from falling into an unguarded trench. ...Read More | |||
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Worker at MMI Still Entitled to Additional Treatment | 05/28/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld the authorization of treatment for a worker’s compensable shoulder injury even though he had already reached maximum medical improvement. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Employer's Denial of Previously Accepted Combined Condition Claim | 05/28/2026 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| The Oregon Court of Appeals upheld an employer’s denial of a worker’s previously accepted combined condition claim. Case: ...Read More | |||
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High Court: Speculative Medical Opinions Fail to Link Death From Cancer to Work Injury | 05/27/2026 | |
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| State: NE | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Expert medical testimony that a worker may have lived longer if treatment for an industrial injury had not delayed treatment for metastatic cancer was too speculative to support an award of benefits, the Nebraska Supreme Court ruled. ...Read More | |||
