Workers' Compensation News
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Split Court Says Board Can't Award Fees on Late Payment of Benefits | 03/18/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A majority on New York’s highest court ruled that the Workers’ Compensation Board cannot approve legal fees based on charges against an employer or insurance carrier for untimely compensation payments. ...Read More | |||
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Workers' Compensation Court Lacks Jurisdiction Over Injured Deputy's Claim | 03/18/2026 | |
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| State: RI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Rhode Island Supreme Court ruled that the Workers’ Compensation Court lacked subject matter jurisdiction over an injured deputy sheriff’s challenge to the denial of his application for an accidental disability retirement pension. ...Read More | |||
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Bills Codifying Comp Coverage for Medical Cannabis Reintroduced | 03/18/2026 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| New Jersey lawmakers have reintroduced legislation that would codify the requirement for workers' compensation to cover costs associated with the medical use of cannabis. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Fails to Prove Entitlement to Benefits for Permanent Impairment | 03/18/2026 | |
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| State: AR | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Arkansas Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a worker failed to prove her entitlement to benefits for a permanent anatomical impairment as a result of her compensable spine injury. ...Read More | |||
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Pennsylvania, Hawaii Lawmakers Target Compound Drug Prices | 03/17/2026 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Lawmakers in Pennsylvania and Hawaii are proposing legislation that would align state standards with federal laws to crack down on inflated prices for compound drugs in their workers' compensation systems. ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Denial of Worker's Request to Reopen | 03/17/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court overturned a decision by the Workers’ Compensation Board that denied a worker’s request to reopen her claim. ...Read More | |||
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Worker's Injuries From Fall Not Self-Inflicted | 03/17/2026 | |
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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 benefits for his injuries from a trip-and-fall accident, as they were not the result of a self-inflicted injury. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Summary Dismissal of Worker's Suit Against Employer, Carrier, Former Attorney | 03/17/2026 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Texas appellate court upheld the dismissal of a worker’s suit against his former attorney, employer and his employer’s insurance carrier for alleged misconduct related to the handling of his workers’ compensation action. ...Read More | |||
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No Declaratory Judgment for Carrier in Injury Coverage Dispute | 03/17/2026 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court ruled that an insurance carrier was not entitled to a declaratory judgment that it did not owe coverage under its commercial general liability policy for a worker’s alleged injuries. ...Read More | |||
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Business Owner Accused of Operating Without Coverage | 03/17/2026 | |
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| State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Connecticut Division of Criminal Justice announced that the owner of a janitorial company was arrested and charged with failing to carry workers' compensation insurance for his employees. ...Read More | |||
