Workers' Compensation News
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Court Reverses Denial of Authorization for Surgery | 01/16/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals overturned a denial of authorization for a worker’s shoulder surgery, finding the Board of Review failed to weigh the relevance, credibility, materiality or reliability of the evidence. ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Fee Award | 01/16/2026 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Oregon Court of Appeals overturned an award of fees to an injured worker, finding the Workers’ Compensation Board did not adequately explain its reduction from the requested sum of $27,454.80 to $7,000. ...Read More | |||
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6th DCA: No Equitable Tolling Without Record Showing Attempt to Meet Deadline | 01/15/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California's 6th District Court of Appeal on Wednesday said the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board acted outside its jurisdiction by granting an injured worker's petition for reconsideration nearly two years after it was filed. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Partial Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim for Fall From Scaffold | 01/15/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker should have been granted summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for his injuries from a fall from a scaffold. ...Read More | |||
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Worker's Former Attorney Not Entitled to Additional Fees | 01/15/2026 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld a determination that a worker’s former attorney had been adequately compensated for his services and that the worker was entitled to replace him. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Loses Challenge to Worker's Award of Additional TTD | 01/15/2026 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An Ohio appellate court denied an employer’s challenge to a finding that a worker was entitled to additional temporary total disability benefits after undergoing surgery due to an allowed condition in his claim. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Who Fell From Forklift Has No PPD From Extensive Injuries | 01/15/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a worker who fell 15 feet from a forklift had no permanent partial disability from his extensive injuries. ...Read More | |||
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Bills Would Allow Electronic Notices | 01/15/2026 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Legislation introduced at the request of the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries would allow the agency to use electronic notice for communications currently required to be sent through the mail and relax notice requirements for rulemaking hearings. ...Read More | |||
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WCA Proposes Changes to Attorney Fee, Case Management Rules | 01/15/2026 | |
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| State: NM | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Other | |||
| The New Mexico Workers' Compensation Administration is proposing rules that would require attorneys to analyze a dozen different issues when seeking fees in excess of the statutory cap. ...Read More | |||
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Budget Would Boost SIBTF Staff; Vetoed Reform Bill Returns | 01/14/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 2 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California Gov. Gavin Newsom released a preliminary budget that would nearly triple staffing for the Subsequent Injuries Benefits Trust Fund and once again called for comprehensive reform of the embattled program. ...Read More | |||
