Workers' Compensation News
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Supreme Court Upholds TTD Award for Lineman After Failed Attempt to Return to Work | 03/24/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld an award of benefits to a lineman after he unsuccessfully attempted to return to duty after suffering an electric shock injury. ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Reinstatement of Worker's TD Status, Orders Additional Proceedings | 03/24/2025 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania vacated a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board that reinstated a worker’s total disability status, finding additional proceedings were necessary for a judge to determine whether the worker’s status should be modified....Read More | |||
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Circuits Split on Whether Enhanced PPD Award Can Count in Determining Fund Liability | 03/24/2025 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Missouri Court of Appeals now has a split among its districts, with the Southern District ruling that a prior enhanced permanent partial disability award cannot be used to add weeks of compensation to an otherwise nonqualifying injury to trigger the liability of the Second Injury Fund. ...Read More | |||
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Court Revives General Contractor's Indemnification Claim Against Sub | 03/24/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court revived a general contractor’s claim against a subcontractor for indemnification from liability to an allegedly injured worker. ...Read More | |||
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Report: City's Comp Costs Skyrocket | 03/21/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Santa Monica Daily Press reported a nearly 30% increase in the city's work comp liabilities in the most recent fiscal year, as hospital fees increased 264% and nursing ho...Read More | |||
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High Court Says Any Part of Treatment Plan Is 'Medicines and Supplies,' Orders Payment for CBD Oil | 03/21/2025 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Thursday ordered a law firm that represents injured workers to reimburse one of its partners for cannabinoid oil he was prescribed for a back injury, holding that any item that is part of a health care provider's plan to treat a work-related injury falls unde...Read More | |||
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High Court Rules Judges Can Award TD After Maximum Medical Improvement | 03/21/2025 | |
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| State: CT | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Connecticut Supreme Court ruled that an administrative law judge has the discretion to award ongoing temporary disability benefits to a worker who has reached maximum medical improvement in lieu of permanent partial disability benefits and up to the statutory maximum of 520 weeks. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Order for Employer to Pay for Worker's FCE | 03/21/2025 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Virginia Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a worker’s functional capacity evaluation qualified as a compensable form of “necessary medical attention,” since it was not for the sole purpose of obtaining a permanency rating. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Worker's PPD Award for Fall Injuries | 03/21/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a determination that a worker was entitled to a 14% permanent partial disability award for his injuries from a fall. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Not Entitled to Additional TTD, Treatment for Back Injury | 03/21/2025 | |
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| State: NE | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Nebraska Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a worker was entitled to a closed period of temporary total disability benefits for a back injury. ...Read More | |||
