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  • State: West Virginia
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The West Virginia Supreme Court ruled that a former coal miner was entitled to an increased impairment award for the worsening of his occupational pneumoconiosis,

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  • State: Oklahoma
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A divided Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled that an employee who injures a colleague must be acting within the course and scope of employment when the

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  • State: West Virginia
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The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld an award of benefits for a janitor who contracted Legionnaires’ disease.

Case: Scottish Rite Bodies of Charleston v. Weese, No. 22-0427,

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  • State: West Virginia
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The West Virginia Supreme Court clarified the proper method for apportioning preexisting impairments that have been definitely ascertained and impact multiple body parts.

Case: Logan-Mingo

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  • State: Texas
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A Texas appellate court ruled that a temporary employment provider’s employee could not pursue a civil remedy against his employer’s client for an on-the-job injury.

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  • State: District of Columbia
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The District of Columbia Court of Appeals overturned the denial of a university employee’s claim for injuries from a collision with a jogger as she

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  • State: West Virginia
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The Intermediate Court of Appeals of West Virginia upheld the denial of benefits to a widow, finding she failed to prove that her husband's death was

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  • State: Kentucky
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The Kentucky Court of Appeals ruled that the mediation scheme established by statute and regulation is discretionary, not mandatory.

Case: Duke v. GE Haier, No.

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  • State: Texas
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The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation seeks public comment on changes to a trio of report forms.

The division said it has updated the following forms

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  • State: South Carolina
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The South Carolina Court of Appeals upheld the denial of a worker’s claim for permanent total disability benefits.

Case: Cox v. Palmetto State Transportation, No.

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