A Connecticut aircraft parts manufacturer did not take required steps to identify potential exposures and protect employees from known carcinogens hexavalent chromium and cadmium at
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A Verizon worker caught on camera going to a gym and lifting weights while claiming she was too injured to work agreed to plead guilty
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A New York appellate court ruled that a convention center employee allegedly injured by a runaway freight cart could not pursue a tort claim against
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A New York appellate court ruled that an injured worker should not have been granted partial summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for an
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The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that a widow was not entitled to benefits for a man's death that occurred after she had filed for divorce.
Case: Walton v. Iddings
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The Indiana Court of Appeals upheld an award of attorney fees against the plaintiff in a personal injury suit for failing to comply with discovery
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Minnesota’s estimated workplace injury and illness rate rose slightly in 2020 to 3.5 recordable cases per 100 full-time equivalent workers, from 3.2 in 2019.
The
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The owner of a now-shuttered Massachusetts construction company pleaded guilty to charges relating to a scheme to defraud the IRS of payroll taxes and to
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An Ohio appellate court ruled that a trial judge had jurisdiction over a motion to enforce a settlement between an employer and injured worker but erred
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An Ohio appellate court ruled that a 2018 change in the common law standard for determining entitlement to temporary total disability benefits applied retroactively to
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