The Appellate Court of Maryland affirmed a circuit ruling holding that Chesapeake Employers' Insurance Co. failed to prove it was entitled to punitive damages from
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Lawmakers in the Mississippi Legislature are weighing two approaches to expanding workers' compensation benefits, setting up a policy debate over benefit levels versus duration.
H.B. 80, introduced
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Florida employers could lose their business license if they shift the costs of treating undocumented workers' occupational injuries to workers' compensation carriers or public health
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The Texas Division of Workers' Compensation repealed rules that have expired or that it says are no longer valid.
The division repealed a rule that
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West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld the denial of a worker’s claim for a knee injury.
Case: Underwood v. ACNR Resources Inc., No. 25-ICA-219,
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The Oklahoma Workers' Compensation Commission announced that maximum benefits for injuries, illnesses and deaths increased 4.2% to match an increase in the state's average weekly
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A bill introduced Tuesday in the 2026 Kentucky General Assembly aims to broaden workers' compensation protections for first responders by making certain psychological injuries compensable.
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A bill introduced in the Virginia House of Representatives on Friday would broaden workers' compensation presumptions for certain cancers to include sheriffs and deputies, extending
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The Tennessee Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board on Monday affirmed a ruling denying additional medical and temporary disability benefits to a public employee who sought compensation for a
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West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a paramedic suffered a compensable injury and that the record supported a compensable diagnosis of
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