West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld surgery authorization for a worker with a toe injury from an on-the-job fall.
Case: Gabe’s v. Hayes, No.
… Read more »The Kentucky Court of Appeals overturned a determination that a prison worker was entitled to disability retirement benefits for his psychiatric conditions.
Case: Kentucky Public
… Read more »Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee signed a bill that, among other things, raises the minimum age for workers' compensation judges to 35 from 30.
The governor
… Read more »The Texas Department of Insurance announced that it adopted a National Council on Compensation Insurance recommendation to reduce the average advisory loss cost by 11.5%,
… Read more »The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a determination that a worker was entitled to benefits for occipital neuritis following a head injury.
Case: ACNR Resources
… Read more »The North Carolina Court of Appeals upheld a denial of benefits for a worker’s alleged psychological injuries stemming from a disciplinary investigation into his conduct.
… Read more »The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the denial of a worker’s request for a referral to a multidisciplinary treatment team.
Case: Lydick v. ACNR Resources
… Read more »A Texas appellate court ruled that a commissioned reserve police officer was not entitled to workers’ compensation benefits for his injuries from a traffic accident
… Read more »The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the denial of a worker’s request to reopen his claim for benefits, a request for a foot brace and a
… Read more »The Kentucky Court of Appeals ruled that the state Workers’ Compensation Board lacked jurisdiction to review a subrogation agreement among an employer, its carrier and
… Read more »Jun 14-28, 2025
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