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Monday, April 20, 2026

Board's Intervening Decision Moots Worker's Appeal Challenging Denial of Claim

  • State: New York
  • Topic: NORTH
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A New York appellate court said that an intervening decision by the Workers’ Compensation Board after the denial of a worker’s claim has mooted his

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Monday, April 20, 2026

Supreme Court Upholds 13% PPD Award for Worker's Injuries

  • State: West Virginia
  • Topic: SOUTH
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The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a 13% permanent partial disability award for an injured worker.

Case: Blackhawk Mining LLC v. Elswick, No. 25-735, 03/24/2026,

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Monday, April 20, 2026

Employer's Successor-in-Interest Not Liable for Worker's Mesothelioma

  • State: Missouri
  • Topic: SOUTH
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The Missouri Court of Appeals upheld a jury verdict finding that the successor-in-interest to a worker’s former employer was shielded from liability for her contraction

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Monday, April 20, 2026

Governor Signs Experience Rating, Claimant Privacy Bill

  • State: Nebraska
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Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen enacted a bill addressing experience rating credits and the confidentiality of injured workers' names and contact information.

Gov. Jim

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Friday, April 17, 2026

Court Remands Case for Proper Traveling Employee Analysis

  • State: Illinois
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The Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission performed the wrong legal analysis in awarding death benefits to the surviving heir of a woman who died in a

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Friday, April 17, 2026

WCIRB Recommends 10.4% Rate Increase

  • State: California
  • Topic: WEST
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The Governing Committee for the Workers' Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau on Wednesday voted 8-0 to recommend that the California insurance commissioner increase the advisory

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Friday, April 17, 2026

Supreme Court Upholds Brewery's Liability to Worker Under 'Safe-Place Statute'

  • State: Wisconsin
  • Topic: NORTH
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A divided Wisconsin Supreme Court upheld a jury’s award for a worker with mesothelioma, including an award of punitive damages, against a brewery for violating

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Friday, April 17, 2026

Committee Passes Debit Card Bill

  • State: California
  • Topic: WEST
  • - Popular with: Legal
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The Assembly Insurance Committee unanimously passed a bill that would permanently allow employers and carriers to use prepaid debit cards to provide workers' compensation

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Friday, April 17, 2026

Bill to Allow Stricter Cannabis Policies Heads to Governor

  • State: Oklahoma
  • Topic: SOUTH
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Oklahoma lawmakers are sending the governor a bill that would allow employers to implement more restrictive policies relating to their employees' use of medical cannabis.

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Friday, April 17, 2026

Court: Injured Worker Should Have Received Summary Judgment for Ladder Accident

  • State: New York
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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

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