A New York appellate court upheld a determination that the Workers’ Compensation Board did not abuse its discretion in denying a worker’s application for reconsideration and/or full board review.
Case: Matter…
Colorado officials pulled their approval for a ballot initiative to convert Pinnacol Assurance into a private, mutual carrier after finding the proposal violates the requirement that statutory propositions be limited…
A Louisiana appellate court upheld a determination that a worker whose condition after an industrial accident had improved from a temporary state of total disability had worsened to the point…
West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld an award of temporary total disability benefits to a firefighter for a knee injury.
Case: City of Wheeling v. Melsop, No. 25-ICA-338, 02/27/2026, published.
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West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld the denial of a worker’s request to expand the scope of his claim to add radiculopathy of the lumbosacral spine and degeneration of…
A New York appellate court ruled that a worker with a permanent partial disability waited too long to request an extreme hardship redetermination.
Case: Matter of Jackson v. New York Foundling…