The Ohio Supreme Court reinstated the denial of a worker’s application for permanent total disability benefits.
Randall Urban worked for Wano Expediting Inc. as a delivery driver. He suffered injuries at work in February 2006.
The Bureau of Workers’ Compensation accepted Urban’s claim for various lumbar spine medical conditions, left foot drop, depressive disorder and anxiety disorder.
Despite undergoing four back surgeries, Urban… Read more »
The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld an award of benefits to a school social worker for his injuries from two assaults by students.
Case: Prospect Medical Holdings Inc. v. Son (WCAB), Nos. 89 and 93, 08/26/2025 unpublished.
Facts: Andrew Son worked for Prospect Medical Holdings Inc. as a school social worker.
He… Read more »
The Virginia Court of Appeals found that it lacked jurisdiction over a worker’s challenge to the dismissal of his civil suit for injuries he sustained at a construction site.
Case: Warren v. Aikey’s Home Improvements LLC, No. 1179-24-2, 08/26/2025, unpublished.
Facts: Aikey’s Home Improvements LLC secured a contract to build an addition to… Read more »
West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a finding that a worker had suffered a discrete, new compensable back injury.
Case: Cabell County Commission v. Edgar, No. 25-ICA-4, 08/06/2025, published.
Facts: David Edgar worked for the Cabell County Commission. He filed a workers’ compensation claim, asserting that he had injured his back… Read more »
A bill proposing to expand the presumption that heart trouble is a compensable condition was amended to specify that California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation workers must be peace officers to qualify.
Assembly Bill 1125, by Assemblymember Stephanie Nguyen, D-Elk Grove, would declare the presumption that heart trouble arose from… Read more »
Officials in Washington state have pulled the plug on efforts to upgrade the workers' compensation medical claims management system, citing a lack of progress over the last 10 years, the Seattle Times reports.
Washington Technology Solutions, the… Read more »