Workers' Compensation News
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Worker Gets Increase in PPD Award for Broken Leg | 11/06/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld an increase in a worker’s permanent partial disability award for a broken leg. ...Read More | |||
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Court Clarifies Burden of Proof for Firefighter Cancer Claims | 11/06/2025 | |
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| State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Other | |||
| The Arizona Court of Appeals clarified the burden of proof on a firefighter seeking benefits for his rare form of brain cancer. Case: ...Read More | |||
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Truck Driver Can't Be Compelled to Arbitrate Injury Claims Against Nonsubscribing Employer | 11/05/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court ruled that a truck driver could not be compelled to arbitrate his personal injury claims against his nonsubscribing employer. ...Read More | |||
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WCRI Sets Webinar for Advanced Practitioners and Comp Claim Outcomes | 11/05/2025 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Workers Compensation Research Institute is hosting a 40-minute webinar Nov. 20 to present findings from its recent report on advanced practitioners and workers’ compensation claim outcomes. ...Read More | |||
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Conference Focuses on Safety in Paper, Pulp, Forest Products Industry | 11/05/2025 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division is one of several partners presenting a four-day conference next month in Portland, focusing on improving worker safety and health in the state's pulp, paper and forest products industry. ...Read More | |||
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Texas Mutual Appoints New COO | 11/05/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Texas Mutual Insurance Co. announced that Prateek Sangal became its chief operating officer last month. ...Read More | |||
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Injured Worker's 10% PPD Award for Knee Injury Upheld | 11/05/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a 10% permanent partial disability award for a worker’s knee injury. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Fails to Establish Compensability of Alleged Repetitive Trauma Injury | 11/05/2025 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Kentucky Court of Appeals upheld the denial of a worker’s claim for a repetitive trauma injury. Case: Brown v. E...Read More | |||
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Worker, Defendant Get Summary Judgment on Labor Law, Indemnification Claims | 11/05/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker should have been granted partial summary judgment on his Labor Law claims and that the defendants should have been granted summary judgment on their indemnification claim against his employer. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Denial of Benefits for Worker's Shoulder Conditions | 11/05/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld the denial of compensability for a worker’s right shoulder conditions and upheld the denial of authorization for treatment. ...Read More | |||
