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.”
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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…
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.
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