The Nevada Court of Appeals upheld the denial of relief to an employer that failed to oppose a worker’s petition challenging the suspension of her benefits.
Case: Nye County v. Amland, No. 87952-COA, 02/02/2026, unpublished.
Facts and procedural history: Wendy Amland worked for Nye County as an evidence technician.
Amland filed a workers’ compensation claim in 2014… Read more »
A New York appellate court rejected a property owner’s “integral-to-the-work” defense to a worker’s Labor Law claim.
Case: Padilla v. 76 Eleventh Avenue Property Owner LLC, No. 32816/19, 02/03/2026, published.
Facts: Arcadio Pena Padilla suffered injuries while working on a construction project at a property owned by 76 Eleventh Avenue Property Owner LLC when he… Read more »
An Ohio appellate court upheld an award of permanent total disability benefits to a truck driver, finding that the combined effect of his injuries, advanced age, limited education, job history and restrictions left him unemployable.
Case: State ex rel. OneSource Employee Management LLC v. Industrial Commission, No. 24AP-615, 02/05/2026, published.
Facts: Charles L.… Read more »
West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals vacated an award of permanent partial disability benefits to a miner because of deficiencies in the Board of Review's analysis.
Case: Bolen v. Brooks Run South Mining LLC, No. 25-ICA-236, 02/03/2026, published.
Facts: John Bolen worked as an underground coal miner for more than 40 years.
In July 2014,… Read more »
The U.S. Labor Department has cited and proposed penalties for United States Steel Corp. and contractor MPW Industrial Services after an August 2025 explosion at the steel giant’s Clairton Coke Works in Pennsylvania killed two and injured 12 workers.
The blast claimed the life of 39-year-old Timothy Quinn, while the family of the second victim requested that his name not… Read more »
“Numerous safety hazards” were found at an Alabama site where workers were fatally exposed to sewage gases, the U.S. Labor Department said.
Investigators with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration found that on Aug. 11, 2025, three workers for Construction Labor Services were installing and repairing sewer lines inside a manhole in Mobile when they were "overcome by… Read more »Feb 26, 2026
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