A federal appellate court denied an employer’s petition for review of black lung benefits to a worker with totally disabling legal pneumoconiosis.
Case: Cedar Coal Co.
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A New York appellate court ruled that the construction manager for a project was entitled to partial summary judgment dismissing an injured worker’s negligence and
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A divided Illinois Appellate Court ruled that the mother of a worker killed in an underground water vault sufficiently and plausibly pleaded intentional conduct by
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Claims administration and risk management provider North American Risk Services Inc. appointed Alice Wells as head of workers’ compensation.
Alice Wells
Wells will
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The Alaska Supreme Court reinstated an injured schoolteacher’s claims for negligence, employment discrimination, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and defamation against his former employer and
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Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers on Monday signed a multifaceted workers' compensation reform bill increasing benefits, expanding coverage for first responder mental health claims and boosting
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The Louisiana Attorney General's Office announced that a man known as DJ Hardhead was charged with fraud for allegedly not reporting his work as a
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The Kentucky General Assembly passed a bill that would remove the Department of Workers' Claims from the Education and Labor Cabinet and administratively attach it
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The North Carolina Court of Appeals vacated the denial of the workers’ compensation claims filed by the family of a police officer who died after
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A New York appellate court ruled that a commercial general liability insurance provider had a duty to defend a property owner in a worker’s Labor Law action
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