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The New Jersey Supreme Court on Thursday affirmed an appellate decision allowing a workers' compensation judge to hear a case involving legislation she sponsored as a member of the Assembly creating a presumption that COVID-19 is compensable for essential workers.
The Appellate Division of the Superior Court in November 2024 held that a judge of compensation claims who formerly sponsored a bill is not automatically… Read more »
The Arizona Court of Appeals upheld the closure of a worker’s claim for injuries from being punched in the jaw.
Case: Zawada v. Industrial Commission, No. 1 CA-IC 25-0010, 12/02/2025, unpublished.
Facts: Catherine Zawada worked for American Parking Inc. at a hospital. While she was at work in February 2023, an unruly… Read more »
A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for his fall from a ladder.
Case: Yagual v. Hudson Canal LLC, No. 24640/20, 12/02/2025, published.
Facts: Henry Yagual allegedly suffered injuries when he fell from an A-frame ladder as he was working at a construction project.
According… Read more »News: NORTH
A divided Iowa Court of Appeals upheld a worker’s award of permanent partial disability benefits and alternate medical care.
Case: Koeller v. Cardinal Logistics Management Corp., No. 25-0172, 12/03/2025, published.
Facts: Kevin Koeller worked as a delivery driver for Cardinal Logistics Management Corp. He injured his shoulder at work in October 2022.
About two weeks later, Koeller… Read more »
West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals overturned a Board of Review decision that expanded a worker’s claim and authorized additional treatment, holding that it failed to address a doctor's report finding the treatment unnecessary.
Case: Marshall County Coal Resources v. Yarbrough, No. 25-ICA-140, 12/04/2025,… Read more »The Connecticut Division of Criminal Justice on Thursday announced that a business owner was arrested and charged with failing to provide workers' compensation coverage.
Lou Milardo, 58, is the principal owner of Lou Milardo Builders and J&L Milardo.
Lou Milardo Builders never had workers' compensation… Read more »
A Florida lawmaker has resurrected a proposal to define the conditions covered by the law that presumes heart disease is compensable for first responders.
Rep. Judson Sapp, R-Putnam, on Wednesday introduced House Bill 739, which would define heart disease in Section 112.18 as "any organic, mechanical or functional abnormality of the heart, its… Read more »
Hospital security guards in Illinois would be covered by presumptions for blood-borne pathogens, heart and lung diseases, and other conditions, under legislation introduced ahead of the 2026 session.
Illinois law presumes that firefighters, EMTs and paramedics who develop conditions including staph infections and… Read more »
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