Workers' Compensation News
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Court Upholds Worker's 13% PPD Award | 07/09/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a finding that a worker was entitled to a 13% permanent partial disability award. ...Read More | |||
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DWC Holding Quarterly Meeting Tuesday | 07/09/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Officials from the Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation will recap work comp bills discussed and enacted during the legislative session that ended June 2 during a quarterly stakeholder meeting for carriers and providers Tuesday. ...Read More | |||
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No Duty Disability Retirement Benefits for Police Chief Injured in Car Accident | 07/09/2025 | |
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| State: MS | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Mississippi Court of Appeals upheld the denial of duty disability retirement benefits to a police chief for her injuries from a single-vehicle accident while commuting to work. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Invalidates Cap on Attorney Fees in Appeals | 07/08/2025 | |
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| State: NM | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The New Mexico Supreme Court ruled that a statutory cap on attorney fees enacted in 1987 does not apply to appeals. The high court said the ...Read More | |||
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Split Court Says Employer Entitled to Defense, Indemnification in Civil Suit by Paralyzed Worker | 07/08/2025 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| A divided Louisiana appellate court ruled that a coal yard operator and cargo transport provider had a duty to defend and indemnify an employer from a civil suit by a worker left paralyzed by an industrial accident. ...Read More | |||
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Exclusivity Bars Worker's Suit Against Colleague for Car Accident | 07/08/2025 | |
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| State: GA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Georgia Court of Appeals ruled that exclusivity barred a worker’s suit against his colleague and their employer for his injuries from a car accident. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Who Received Full Wages Can't Get TTD, Too | 07/08/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals overturned a determination that an injured worker who continued to receive his full wages was not entitled to temporary total disability benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Summary Judgment for Defendant Overturned, Goes to Worker Instead | 07/08/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court overturned a grant of summary judgment for a defendant in a Labor Law claim, finding that the worker should have been granted summary judgment instead. ...Read More | |||
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DWC Updates Fee Schedule, Treatment Guidelines | 07/07/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Division of Workers' Compensation adjusted the pathology and clinical lab section of the medical fee schedule and the prescription drug formulary in the treatment guidelines. ...Read More | |||
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P&T Committee Meets July 16 | 07/07/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The California Division of Workers' Compensation's Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee is meeting on July 16. Committee members...Read More | |||
