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  • State: West Virginia
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The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld an award of occupational disease-dependent death benefits to a worker’s widow.

Case: Appalachian Boiler & Fab LLC v. Caruthers,

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  • State: Maryland
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The Maryland Appellate Court ruled that the state Workers’ Compensation Commission used an appropriate methodology to calculate a worker’s average weekly wages but miscalculated the amount

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  • State: West Virginia
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The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the denial of permanent partial disability benefits for a worker with a back injury.

Case: Helmandollar v. Blackhawk Mining LLC,

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  • State: West Virginia
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A federal appellate court upheld an award of black lung benefits for a longtime coal miner.

Case: Consol PA Coal Co. v. OWCP, No. 23-1892, 09/17/2024,

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  • State: West Virginia
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The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the denial of a worker’s occupational pneumoconiosis claim.

Case: Lewis v. Columbia West Virginia Corp., No. 23-616, 09/23/2024, published.

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  • State: West Virginia
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West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld an award of benefits to the widow of a worker suffering from chronic myelomonocytic leukemia before contracting COVID-19

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  • State: Kentucky
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The Kentucky Court of Appeals remanded a worker’s claim for permanent total disability benefits to an administrative law judge for the fourth time because of

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  • State: Texas
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The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation proposed rules to ensure that the agency is notified of an employee’s death before the Subsequent Injury Fund issues

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  • State: West Virginia
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West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals ruled that a worker was not entitled to expand the scope of his claim to include additional conditions.

Case:

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  • State: South Carolina
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The South Carolina Court of Appeals upheld a 10% penalty against an employer for its late payment of a worker’s award.

Case: Jefferson v. South Carolina

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