West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals ruled that further proceedings were necessary to determine which of a worker’s prior employers was potentially liable for his
… Read more »A Louisiana appellate court ruled that a judge erred in excluding a doctor’s affidavit from evidence and then granting summary judgment dismissing a worker’s claim
… Read more »West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld the denial of authorization for a worker’s lumbar surgery.
Case: Hankins v. Sprouting Farms Corp., No. 24-ICA-293, 02/28/2025,
… Read more »The Louisiana Court of Appeal upheld the denial of a worker’s claim of injury from unloading materials from a truck.
Case: Fish v. Lion Insurance
… Read more »The Georgia Court of Appeals ruled that a fraud inducement defense to a workers’ compensation claim does not apply when the employer learns about a false representation
… Read more »The Georgia Court of Appeals revised its prior determination that a worker should not have been denied temporary total disability benefits after he refused a
… Read more »The Arkansas Court of Appeals upheld an award of benefits to a bus driver for a shoulder injury.
Case: Rock Region Metro v. Bearfield, No.
… Read more »The board of directors for Maryland's Chesapeake Employers' Insurance Co. declared the company's highest-ever policyholder dividend of $55 million for 2025.
At the same time,
… Read more »A Texas appellate court upheld a determination that a worker’s noncompliance with treatment for her compensable injury was the cause of her ongoing need for
… Read more »The Kentucky Supreme Court upheld an award of permanent partial disability benefits for an injured electrician and remanded to the Court of Appeals his employer’s constitutional
… Read more »Sep 2-4, 2025
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