A New York appellate court ruled that a defendant in a Labor Law action should have been granted summary judgment on its indemnification claims against
… Read more »A New York appellate court ruled that a police officer should have been allowed to proceed with part of his claim for an eye injury
… Read more »Gov. Tim Walz signed into law a bill that will extend a presumption that COVID-19 is compensable for frontline workers.
Walz on Monday enacted HF
… Read more »Gov. Tony Evers on Tuesday signed Senate Bill 11, allowing police and firefighters diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder to receive workers’ compensation benefits.
The bill,
… Read more »The Connecticut Appellate Court revived an injured employee’s claim that he was wrongfully terminated in retaliation for pursuing a workers’ compensation claim.
Case: Gibilisco v.
… Read more »The Illinois House of Representatives passed a bill that would make it easier for some first responders who acquire methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus to obtain workers’
… Read more »The number of injured workers receiving prescription drugs, including opioids, continued to fall in 2020, as did overall costs in the pharmacy program for the
… Read more »The Nebraska Workers’ Compensation Court announced that former judge Mark A. Buchholz died at the age of 92.
Buchholz died April 17 in Lincoln.
He
… Read more »The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that a worker was entitled to temporary total disability benefits for injuries from a shuttle accident while riding to
… Read more »An Ohio appellate court upheld the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation’s conclusion that a cable installation service provider misclassified its employees as independent contractors.
Case: State
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