Workers' Compensation News
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Railroad Worker Can't Pursue State and FELA Claims Simultaneously | 09/09/2026 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court ruled that a railroad worker injured in the course and scope of employment may not simultaneously pursue claims for damages under state law and the Federal Employers’ Liability Act. ...Read More | |||
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Worker's Procedural, Constitutional Challenges to Act 111 Rejected by Court | 09/08/2026 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania rejects procedural challenge to Act 111, as well as repetitive challenges to the constitutionality of the state's new impairment rating evaluation process. ...Read More | |||
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Court Publishes Split Decision on Employee's Selection of Doctors | 09/08/2026 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Illinois Appellate Court ordered publication of its split decision finding that a worker did not exceed his allowable selection of two physicians to treat his compensable injury. ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Jury's $22.5 Million Award for Concrete Form Collapse | 09/08/2026 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Kentucky Court of Appeals overturned a $22.5 million award of damages for a group of employees injured by the collapse of a concrete form during a road construction project against the engineers ...Read More | |||
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Exposure to Saliva of Potentially Rabid Animal Constitutes 'Injury' | 09/08/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| In a case of first impression, West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals ruled that exposure to the saliva of a potentially rabid animal is sufficient to establish an injury for workers’ compensation purposes. ...Read More | |||
| MSF Declares $45M Dividend | 09/08/2026 | ||
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| Montana State Fund's board of directors declared a $45 million dividend for eligible policyholders, the workers' compensation carrier said Friday. The dividend will be distributed beginning in late October. MSF said this is the 28th consecutive year that it has issued a di...Read More | |||
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Insurance Department Approves 2.9% Loss Costs Reduction | 09/08/2026 | |
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| State: NH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The New Hampshire Insurance Department approved a filing by the National Council on Compensation Insurance that will reduce voluntary workers' compensation loss costs by an average of 2.9% in 2027. ...Read More | |||
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High Court: Record Doesn't Support Decision Finding Worker's PPD Rating 'Overinflated' | 09/04/2026 | |
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| State: ID | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Idaho Supreme Court said there was no evidence to support the Industrial Commission's finding that a worker's requested 34% permanent partial disability rating was "overinflated" or its decision to substitute a 20% rating instead. ...Read More | |||
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Statutory Cap Applies to Independent Contractor's Ability to Recover Damages for Work Injury | 09/04/2026 | |
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| State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Colorado Court of Appeals ruled that an independent contractor who suffered an on-the-job injury must have any recovery capped at $15,000. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Award of Benefits, Fees, Penalties for Injuries from Ladder Accident | 09/04/2026 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court upheld an award of benefits, fees and penalties for a worker injured in a ladder accident. ...Read More | |||
