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A Texas appellate court ruled that a district court judge could not enjoin an administrative law judge’s issuance of a discovery subpoena in a contested case about compensability.
Lauren Smith worked for Fort Bend County as a paramedic. She died at home in April 2023 after working a 48-hour shift.
Smith’s husband filed a claim for death benefits, which the county contested.
The husband initiated a contested case proceeding with the… Read more »
A Texas appellate court ruled that the family of a worker killed in a refinery accident had to arbitrate their gross negligence claims, pursuant to an agreement the worker signed when he was hired.
Case: Turner Specialty Services LLC v. Horn, No. 01-24-00097-CV, 02/24/2026, published.
Facts: Turner Specialty Services LLC provides turnaround maintenance services at refineries and petrochemical facilities in states along the Gulf of Mexico, including Alabama,… Read more »A Texas appellate court affirmed a trial court's take-nothing judgment in favor of a… Read more »
A New York appellate court ruled that a worker should have been granted… Read more »
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The West Virginia Intermediate Court of Appeals vacated an award of benefits to a coal lab employee, finding that the Board of Review failed to provide sufficient analysis of the evidence.
Case: SGS North America Inc. v. Vandall, No. 25-ICA-266, 02/03/2026, published.
Facts: Kevin Vandall worked as a lab tech and prep tech for SGS North America Inc., doing coal testing. He was… Read more »
Pain management accounted for 30% of workers' compensation medical costs in 2023, according to a new research brief released Wednesday by the National Council on Compensation Insurance that revealed a “wide” variation in pain management costs across states.
The report found that pain management paid-per-claim… Read more »Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen signed a bill eliminating the workplace safety consultation program.
Pillen on Monday signed LB 397, which eliminates laws enacted in 1993 requiring employers to establish safety committees to develop written injury prevention programs.
The bill also eliminates the Workplace Safety Consultation Program,… Read more »
All 50 states and the District of Columbia now operate prescription drug monitoring programs, but how those systems — and broader pharmacy rules — function in workers' compensation varies sharply by jurisdiction, according to a report released Wednesday by the Workers Compensation Research Institute.
The… Read more »
The South Carolina House of Representatives passed a bill clarifying procedures relating to third-party recovery rights.
The House voted 112-0 on Monday to pass HB 3774, which would say that an injured worker's failure to notify the Workers' Compensation Commission, the employer and the carrier about initiating a third-party recovery on a form… Read more »
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