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A Texas appellate court, in a case of first impression, held that a Houston Police Academy cadet is covered by the waiver of governmental immunity that allows first responders to sue their employers for workers' compensation retaliation.
Mercedes Hirsch was injured in a physical agility test while training to become a Houston police officer. She said a campaign of harassment began after she filed a workers' compensation claim.
She sued… Read more »
A federal appellate court ruled that an Ohio employer’s insurance carriers had no obligation to indemnify it for the settlement it paid to the family of a worker who was killed on the job.
Case: Encore Industries Inc. v. Travelers Property Casualty Co. of America, No. 25-3076, 12/08/2025, unpublished.
Facts: Todd Shaffer worked for Encore Industries Inc., an Ohio-based plastics manufacturer. He was killed at work in 2021 while attempting to clear a jam in a thermoforming… Read more »A federal appellate court ruled that the presumption… Read more »
A New York appellate court ruled that part of a worker’s Labor Law claim should… Read more »
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The Mississippi Court of Appeals upheld a finding that a medical clinic was subject to the workers’ compensation law because it regularly employed more than five people and that an employee was entitled to benefits for her injuries from assisting a falling patient.
Case: Physicians’ Pain and Spine Specialists PLLC v. Kluczkowski, No. 2025-WC-00069-COA, 12/09/2025, published.
Facts:… Read more »
A jury acquitted a Southern California neurosurgeon charged with conspiracy to commit workers' compensation fraud, according to a report by MyNewsLA.com and information posted to the Orange County Superior Court website.
Jurors on Thursday found San Diego neurosurgeon Dr. Vrijesh Tantuwaya not guilty of the conspiracy charge, according to the court's… Read more »The Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division fined a manufacturer $28,478 for intentionally keeping a faulty system used to store raw materials that exposed workers to struck-by and crushing hazards.
The agency said Avalon International Aluminum violated a workplace safety rule by refusing to follow the installation and… Read more »
The California Commission on Health and Safety and Workers' Compensation elected Nicholas Roxborough to serve as chairman in 2026.
Roxborough is the managing partner of Roxborough, Pomerance, Nye & Adreani and specializes in representing insured and self-insured employers, as well as large stakeholders, in complex workers’… Read more »
The Texas Division of Workers' Compensation is accepting comments on its proposed Medical Quality Review audit plan for 2026.
The audit plan sets priorities for the agency's annual audits. The division said it will select one audit focused either on the medical necessity and appropriateness of prescribing topical analgesics or on evaluating utilization review agent peer… Read more »
Raising a successful marijuana intoxication defense against an alleged work-related injury may have been complicated by recent legislation, but defendants can still make it a successful defense if they remember the finer points of proving proximate cause.
Recreational use of marijuana in California became legal for adults 21 and older on Nov. 9, 2016,… Read more »
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