
West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld the denial of a worker’s claim for occupational pneumoconiosis.
Case: Hypes v. Quanta Services, No. 25-ICA-159, 10/24/2025, published.
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The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that collateral estoppel barred an injured police officer from challenging her employer’s subrogation of her third-party settlement.
Case: Tiano
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The Missouri Court of Appeals upheld a jury verdict that found an employer retaliated against an injured worker, and it upheld sanctions on the company for attempting
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New Mexico's Workers' Compensation Administration announced that new electronic data interchange rules took effect Friday.
Stakeholders in the state's comp system are advised to review the Part
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The Texas Department of Insurance has issued a data call to all insurance companies licensed to write certain property and casualty lines of coverage the
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The Washington Supreme Court ruled that the traveling employee doctrine applies when a worker contracts an occupational disease while traveling for the job.
Case: Azorit-Wortham v.
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The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that the doctrine of res judicata barred a police officer from pursuing a claim for his COVID-19 infection.
Case: Zeller
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A New York appellate court overturned a grant of summary judgment for the defendants in a Labor Law action.
Case: Oliveira v. Rockaway Village Housing
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West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld the denial of authorization for a worker’s referral to a shoulder specialist, a magnetic resonance imaging scan and
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West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a finding of compensability for a worker’s knee injury from being kicked by an inmate.
Case: Monongalia County
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