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  • State: Oklahoma
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Oklahoma lawmakers introduced a bill for the 2025 session that would prevent unpaid interns and other workers from receiving workers' compensation benefits if they are

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  • State: West Virginia
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West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals rejected a worker’s request for an increase in his permanent partial disability award.

Case: Smith v. Marshall County Coal

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  • State: Kentucky
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A divided Kentucky Supreme Court upheld the denial of a worker’s claim for benefits for a host of conditions, with a majority relying on the

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  • State: Texas
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The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation approved the 2025 Medical Quality Review Annual Audit Plan.

The annual plan establishes priorities for the Medical Quality Review

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  • State: Arkansas
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The Arkansas Court of Appeals upheld a denial of additional temporary total disability benefits for a worker’s back injury.

Case: Perez v. Southern Tire Mart

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  • State: West Virginia
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West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld an award of benefits to a diesel mechanic for a back injury.

Case: Penske v. Hughey, No. 24-ICA-231,

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  • State: Louisiana
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The Louisiana Workers' Compensation Corp. announced that it is acquiring North Carolina-based work comp carrier Prescient National.

"The acquisition brings together two top-performing workers’ compensation

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  • State: Texas
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Texas lawmakers introduced a bill that would expand the number of police, firefighters and emergency medical technicians who qualify for a presumption that post-traumatic stress

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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 her claim.

Case: Breeden-Adkins v. Insperity Services

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  • State: Arkansas
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The Arkansas Court of Appeals upheld a finding that a worker’s atrial fibrillation was related to his compensable COVID-19 infection but that he was not

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