West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a worker’s permanent partial disability award of 33%.
Case: Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. of West Virginia v. Bell, No.
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A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was entitled to summary judgment on her Labor Law claim for an unwitnessed fall from a
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Michigan lawmakers introduced a package of bills proposing to increase workers' compensation benefits, mandate mediation in certain circumstances, modify presumptions, create new penalties and increase
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The Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation announced that the owner of a roofing company was ordered to pay $24,200 following his conviction for falsifying his
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A law professor at Emory University said in an opinion article published by The Hill that injured workers typically have less privacy than prisoners when
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A federal appellate court upheld the summary dismissal of an injured deputy sheriff’s claim of disability discrimination.
Case: Mundt v. Okaloosa County Sheriff No. 24-14130,
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The Delaware Superior Court upheld an award of temporary total disability benefits to an injured worker but overturned the Industrial Accident Board’s finding as to the
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West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals overturned a finding that a worker’s occupational pneumoconiosis claim was untimely.
Case: Markovich v. ACNR Resources Inc., No. 25-ICA-180,
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A New York appellate court upheld a grant of partial summary judgment on the Labor Law claims of a group of workers who suffered injuries
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The California Labor Commissioner's Office cited Costco Wholesale Corp. and two trucking firms a combined $868,128 for allegedly misclassifying 58 delivery drivers as contractors.
The
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