Workers' Compensation News
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Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Expansion, Closure of Worker's Claim | 12/09/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the closure and denial of a worker’s request to expand the scope of his claim. Case: ...Read More | |||
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Widow Doesn't Need Carrier's Consent to Settle Third-Party Claim | 12/09/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a widow was not required to obtain the consent of an insurance carrier before settling her claim against third-party tortfeasors, but she was not entitled to receive an equitable apportionment of her costs and expenses from the Workers’ Compensation Boa...Read More | |||
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Governor Vetoes Fraud Assessment Commission | 12/09/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| New York Gov. Kathy Hochul vetoed a proposal to create an employer-funded account to pay for workers' compensation fraud investigations and prosecutions, according to the Legislature's website. ...Read More | |||
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SCIF: Ambiguity in Disability Accommodation Rules Could Hamper Enforcement | 12/08/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California's largest workers' compensation carrier said some of the changes that the Division of Workers' Compensation is proposing to its disability accommodation rules could create ambiguity that would make them harder to enforce. ...Read More | |||
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Worker's Unreasonable Conduct Delaying Case Results in Dismissal of Claim | 12/08/2025 | |
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| State: MA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Massachusetts Appeals Court upheld the dismissal of a worker’s claim based on her unreasonable conduct delaying the adjudication of her case. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Upholds Finding That Firefighter Gets No Recovery for Recurrence of Injury | 12/08/2025 | |
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| State: DE | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Delaware Supreme Court upheld a determination that an injured firefighter was not entitled to any recovery for a worsening back injury because it was a recurrence of a prior injury for which he had executed a release and settlement. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Worker's Request to Expand Claim | 12/08/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the denial of a worker’s request to expand the scope of her claim for a left wrist injury. Ca...Read More | |||
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Board's Denial of Worker's Occupational Disease Claim Not Supported by Substantial Evidence | 12/08/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a Workers’ Compensation Board’s decision denying a worker’s claim for an occupational disease was not supported by substantial evidence. ...Read More | |||
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Committee Passes 'Worker Safety Day' Resolution | 12/08/2025 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The New Jersey Assembly Labor Committee passed a resolution that would designate April 18 as Worker Safety Day. ...Read More | |||
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Worker's Unreasonable Refusal of Treatment Dooms Disability Retirement Bid | 12/05/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Southern California deputy’s request for service-connected disability retirement for on-the-job back injuries was denied after he repeatedly refused recommended medical treatments. ...Read More | |||
