A Florida appellate court reinstated a worker’s petition for benefits, finding it was timely filed within one year of his last receipt of authorized medical treatment.

South Carolina lawmakers voted to send the governor a bill that would add coverage for strokes to the law that presumes heart and respiratory diseases

West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld an award of a 3.48% permanent partial disability for a worker’s hearing loss.

Case: Ferris v. Special Metals

A Texas appellate court ruled that a nonsubscribing employer could compel the family of a worker to arbitrate a wrongful death claim arising from a fatal

West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld an increase in a worker’s permanent partial disability award.

Case: Blackhawk Mining LLC v. Stover, No. 25-ICA-365, 04/07/2026,