Workers' Compensation News
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Safety Regulator Seeks Criminal Prosecution After Teen Worker Loses Legs | 04/30/2025 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Washington's State Department of Labor and Industries is encouraging a county prosecutor to press charges against an employer for allegedly breaking youth labor laws, leading to an accident that cost a teen worker his legs. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Lung Transplant Referral, Medical Equipment | 04/30/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the denial of authorization for a lung transplant referral and medical equipment for a worker with a pulmonary disability. ...Read More | |||
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Split Supreme Court Says FELA Doesn't Cover Worker's Suicide | 04/29/2025 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A divided Iowa Supreme Court ruled that the Federal Employers’ Liability Act did not provide coverage for emotional injuries allegedly inflicted on a worker by a supervisor’s repeated acts of harassment that eventually drove the worker to commit suicide. ...Read More | |||
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Senate Passes Surcharge Bill | 04/29/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Texas Senate unanimously passed a bill to reclassify as “surcharges” some of the taxes insurance carriers currently pay to address the problem of retaliatory taxes levied in other states. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Termination of Worker's Benefits | 04/29/2025 | |
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| State: ND | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The North Dakota Supreme Court upheld a determination that an injured worker was not entitled to continued workers’ compensation benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Calculation of Attorney Fees From Worker's Post-Offset Award | 04/28/2025 | |
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| State: MD | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Supreme Court of Maryland held that an attorney representing an injured worker is entitled to a percentage of the amount awarded by the Workers’ Compensation Commission after application of a statutory offset for his service-connected disability retirement benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Worker's Evidentiary Motion, Discovery Request, Claim | 04/28/2025 | |
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| State: AK | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| The Alaska Supreme Court upheld the denial of a restaurant server’s discovery and evidentiary motions, as well as her claim for benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Denies Benefits for Widow of Worker With Occupational Pneumoconiosis | 04/28/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the denial of benefits to a worker’s widow, finding that his death was not related to his occupational pneumoconiosis. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds PPD Award for Worker's Back Injury | 04/25/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld an award of benefits based on a 21% permanent partial disability for a worker’s back injury. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Says Worker Meets Impairment Threshold for PTD Consideration | 04/24/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a determination that a worker met the whole-person impairment threshold of 50% to be considered for a permanent total disability award. ...Read More | |||
