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Bill Would Require Database of Comp Policies
Arizona lawmakers are considering legislation that would require the Industrial Commission to operate a public-facing database with information about workers' compensation policies. HB 2680 would require that the database provide information,…
Supreme Court Disbars Claimants’ Attorney for Stealing From Clients
The Georgia Supreme Court this month disbarred a claimants’ attorney who forged his clients’ signatures on checks and stole $159,615 in proceeds for his own purposes. Bryan Matthew Pritchett failed to…
Bill Would Adopt Federal Standards for Contractor Classification
A bill introduced in West Virginia on Monday would adopt a nearly 40-year-old federal standard for determining whether a worker is an employee or a contractor. SB 1073 would repeal state-specific statutes…
Worker Gets 12% PPD Award for Loss of Grip Strength
West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a 12% permanent partial disability award to a worker for his loss of grip strength due to a compensable injury. Case: Alliance Coal LLC…
Workers’ Compensation Security Fund Not Subject to Assessment of Attorney Fees
The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that the Workers’ Compensation Security Fund cannot be subjected to attorney fees because it does not fall within the statutory definition of an “insurer.” Case:…
Court Upholds Establishment of Occupational Disease Claim
A New York appellate court upheld the establishment of a worker’s occupational disease claim for her elbows. Case: Matter of Moe v. America Ootoya Chelsea, No. CV-24-0962, 02/05/2026, published. Facts and procedural…
Benefit Increase, Revised Process for Failed RTW Proposed
Legislation introduced in Georgia would increase temporary disability and death benefits and revise the process for reinstating benefits when an effort to return an injured worker to employment fails. HB 1355…
Split Supreme Court Cites Triable Issues in Worker’s Tort Suit
A divided Pennsylvania Supreme Court upheld a determination that triable issues precluded summary judgment on a worker’s tort suit for his injuries from a skid loader accident against the owner…
Denial of Benefits for Nurse’s Parking Lot Fall Overturned
West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals overturned a denial of benefits for a nurse injured in a fall in her employer’s parking lot as she was returning from her lunch break. Case: Perrine…
Worker Fails to Provide Objective Findings of Injury to Support Claim
The Arkansas Court of Appeals upheld the denial of benefits to a worker who failed to present evidence of a compensable injury supported by objective findings after a workplace fall. Case:…
Court Dismisses Claim by Worker Who Was Retrieving Personal Belongings
A New York appellate court upheld the summary dismissal of a Labor Law action by an individual who fell from a pallet rack while retrieving personal belongings from a warehouse…
Court: Employer Didn’t Rebut Heart-Lung Presumption
A judge of compensation claims erred in finding that an employer rebutted a presumptive claim because the Citrus County Sheriff's Office and Florida Sheriff's Risk Management Fund failed to carry…