The Iowa Court of Appeals upheld both the a calculation of a traveling nurse’s wages and the assessment of a penalty against her employer.
Case: U.S.
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The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration fined a Connecticut contractor more than $1.2 million for allegedly failing to protect workers from cave-in and excavation
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A New York appellate court upheld the partial summary dismissal of a worker’s Labor Law claims.
Case: Mitchell v. City of New York, No. 2022-04622,
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Data from the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services show the average workers' compensation Medicare set-aside amount has held steady, even as the number
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Washington lawmakers could consider a bill that would broaden workers' compensation coverage for post-traumatic stress disorder among employees at local correctional facilities, extending presumptive benefits
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A divided North Carolina Supreme Court ruled that an off-duty officer was not jointly employed by the county and the construction company that contracted with
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West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals ruled that an injured firefighter’s claim for benefits should not have been closed before he had fully recovered from the
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A New York appellate court ruled that a worker should have been granted summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for his injuries from a
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A California man convicted of workers' compensation fraud was ordered to pay $132,023 in restitution, the Sacramento County District Attorney's Office announced.
Gustavo Cisneros was
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The Georgia Court of Appeals ruled that exclusivity barred the entirety of a worker’s civil claims against her employer for her injuries from being attacked
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