The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation announced regulatory action to update employer forms and change the title of a rule.

The division said it revised

The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld an award of occupational disease-dependent death benefits to a worker’s widow.

Case: Appalachian Boiler & Fab LLC v. Caruthers,

The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the denial of permanent partial disability benefits for a worker with a back injury.

Case: Helmandollar v. Blackhawk Mining LLC,

The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the denial of a worker’s occupational pneumoconiosis claim.

Case: Lewis v. Columbia West Virginia Corp., No. 23-616, 09/23/2024, published.

The Kentucky Court of Appeals remanded a worker’s claim for permanent total disability benefits to an administrative law judge for the fourth time because of