For the second year, lawmakers in Michigan will consider a comprehensive bill that would make several changes to the state’s workers' compensation law, including adding
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An Ohio appellate court ruled that an injured worker who had filed two appeals to the denial of her claim and then dismissed both could
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The North Carolina Supreme Court ruled that a “total loss of wage-earning capacity” is a total loss of the employee’s personal capacity to earn wages
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A New York appellate court upheld a jury verdict that found a worker’s death was not causally related to an alleged accident involving a ladder striking
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West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld an award of permanent partial disability benefits to a law enforcement officer who had been shot in the
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Lawmakers in Washington state introduced identical companion bills that would create a presumption that post-traumatic stress disorder is a compensable occupational disease for correctional facility
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A California appellate court overturned a jury’s $150 million verdict in favor of the family of a worker killed in a power plant explosion and
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The South Dakota Supreme Court overturned the summary dismissal of a worker’s claim that he was fired in retaliation for pursuing a workers’ compensation claim for
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The Mississippi Supreme Court ruled a general contractor that required its subcontractor to obtain workers’ compensation insurance was entitled to immunity from a tort claim by
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New York lawmakers sent the governor legislation that would expand the warehouse worker protection enacted at the end of 2022.
Lawmakers on Thursday sent the
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