Federal workplace safety inspectors fined a Wisconsin roofing contractor $180,469 for allegedly exposing workers to deadly fall hazards twice in less than two weeks.
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… Read more »A New York appellate court ruled that an injured worker should have been granted summary judgment on his Labor Law claim, and that his employer
… Read more »The New Jersey Superior Court’s Appellate Division ruled that a hospital could not attempt to recast its patients' assigned claims for workers' compensation benefits as
… Read more »The Commonwealth Court rejected a worker’s constitutional challenges to the modification of his disability benefits from total to partial.
Case: Dennell v. City of Philadelphia
… Read more »The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that a worker is in the course of employment when his employer authorizes a vehicle to operate for business expressly authorized by the
… Read more »The New Jersey Commission of Banking and Insurance approved a 3.9% rate cut for workers’ compensation and employers’ liability policies incepting on or after Jan.
… Read more »The Kansas Court of Appeals ruled that the state Workers’ Compensation Act does not exclude the use of competent medical evidence when assessing an impairment
… Read more »A New York appellate court dismissed a worker’s appeal of a decision apportioning liability on grounds that he had not been aggrieved by the ruling.
… Read more »The January 2022 death of a Massachusetts cannabis worker has raised concerns about potential respiratory health hazards for those employed in the marijuana industry, state
… Read more »A New York appellate court upheld an award of benefits to a retail worker for his contraction of COVID-19 and consequential stroke.
Case: Matter of
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