Workers' Compensation News
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No Benefits for Teacher Left Paraplegic After Spinal Stroke | 07/23/2026 | |
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| State: DE | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Delaware Superior Court upheld a denial of benefits to a third-grade teacher who suffered a spinal stroke at work, leaving her paraplegic. ...Read More | |||
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Court Lacks Jurisdiction Over Widow's Challenge to Denial of Enhanced Survivor Benefits | 07/23/2026 | |
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| State: DC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A divided District of Columbia Court of Appeals ruled that it lacked jurisdiction over a widow’s challenge to the denial of her request for an enhanced survivor benefit after the death of her husband, a police officer. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim | 07/23/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a grant of summary judgment on a worker’s Labor Law claim and reinstated some of the indemnification claims by the defendants. ...Read More | |||
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Employer's Knowledge Decides Concurrent Employment | 07/22/2026 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An employer's knowledge that a worker holds a second job is enough to establish concurrent employment for average weekly wage calculations, even if the worker is furloughed at the time, an Illinois appellate court ruled. ...Read More | |||
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Webinar to Cover PBM Legislation | 07/22/2026 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions and the American Association of Payers, Administrators, and Networks' Pharmacy Benefit Manager Council are holding a webinar Aug. 20 to discuss the impact of PBM legislation on workers' compensation systems. ...Read More | |||
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Split Supreme Court Rejects Injured Worker's Request to Increase Jury's Award of Damages | 07/22/2026 | |
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| State: VT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A divided Vermont Supreme Court ruled that an injured courier was not entitled to additur or a new trial on his negligence claim against the owners of the property where he was hurt. ...Read More | |||
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NFL Player Injured at Out-of-State Practice Has Coverage Under Comp System | 07/22/2026 | |
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| State: MD | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Maryland Appellate Court ruled that a professional football player who was injured during an out-of-state practice three days after signing with the Washington Commanders was covered by Maryland’s workers’ compensation laws. ...Read More | |||
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Pentagon Attack Survivor Gets Benefits for PTSD | 07/22/2026 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Virginia Court of Appeals upheld an award of benefits to a survivor of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack on the Pentagon for her post-traumatic stress disorder. ...Read More | |||
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Insurance Carrier Can't Substitute Itself for Different Company to Challenge Board Decision | 07/22/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that an insurance company could not substitute itself for a different carrier to challenge a decision by the Workers’ Compensation Board. ...Read More | |||
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Rand Report Finds Modest Effect for SB 1160, Calls for Database of UR Decisions | 07/21/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Rand Corp. on Monday reported statistically significant increases in some guideline-concordant care that was exempted from prospective utilization review in the first 30 days of an injury, but the generally modest effects indicate that approval rates for early treatment requests in California wer...Read More | |||
