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The Idaho Supreme Court upheld the denial of a worker’s request for benefits for a herniated nucleus pulposus.
The case was Proulx v. Saveway Market Inc., No. 51856-2024.
Shasta Proulx worked at a Saveway Market. She suffered injuries at work in December 2019 while lifting a box of potatoes. She sought medical treatment and was diagnosed with a shoulder strain.
In January 2020, Proulx underwent a magnetic resonance imaging… Read more »
A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was not entitled to reinstatement of his indemnity benefits without evidence that he had reattached to the labor market.
Case: Matter of Ryan v. City of Albany Water Department, No. CV-25-0250, 12/11/2025, published.
Facts and procedural history: Alex Ryan worked for the City of Albany Water… Read more »
West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld an award of benefits for a 13% permanent partial impairment for an injured health care worker.
Case: Hospice of Southern West Virginia Inc. v. Whitney, No. 25-ICA-184, 12/04/2025, published.
Facts: Melissa Whitney worked for Hospice of Southern West Virginia Inc. She filed a workers’ compensation… Read more »
The Delaware Superior Court upheld the denial of a home health aide’s claim for benefits for her injuries from being hit by a patient with an iPad.
Case: Shaw-Hicks v. Bayada Home Health Care, No. K25A-06-001 JJC, 12/16/2025, published.
Facts: Shaneeda Shaw-Hicks worked for Bayada Home Health Care. In April 2023, a patient threw an iPad at her head, striking her in the right… Read more »
A former City of San Francisco employee was sentenced to three years in state prison for defrauding the city out of more than $627,000, the District Attorney's Office announced.
Stanley Ellicott, 40, pleaded guilty last month to seven felony counts of public corruption in connection with a complex fraud scheme in which he stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from the… Read more »A bill in Washington state would broaden who can be recognized as an “attending provider” under its workers' compensation system.
H.B. 2243 would amend current law to include physical and occupational therapists among the health professionals eligible as attending providers for injured workers.
Under current law, “attending provider” status in Washington’s workers' compensation system is limited to licensed physicians,… Read more »
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