The Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Commission announced personnel updates and changes in contact information within the Court of Existing Claims.
The commission said Katrina Stephenson, who
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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
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The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the denial of a request to expand the scope of a worker’s claim and for additional imaging.
Case: Cook
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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,
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The Maryland Appellate Court ruled that the state Workers’ Compensation Commission used an appropriate methodology to calculate a worker’s average weekly wages but miscalculated the amount
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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,
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A federal appellate court upheld an award of black lung benefits for a longtime coal miner.
Case: Consol PA Coal Co. v. OWCP, No. 23-1892, 09/17/2024,
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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.
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West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld an award of benefits to the widow of a worker suffering from chronic myelomonocytic leukemia before contracting COVID-19
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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
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