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An Ohio appellate court upheld the denial of benefits for a worker for his injuries from a conveyor belt accident due to his marijuana use.
Rolando Del Rosario worked for Fresh Mark Inc. He suffered injuries at work in March 2024 when his glove became caught under a conveyor belt.
Del Rosario was taken to the hospital, where he tested positive for marijuana.
Del Rosario filed a workers’ compensation claim, which both a district hearing… Read more »
Hawaii’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a determination that an injured worker was not wrongfully terminated and that she had not been denied due process.
Case: Mathern v. Edward D. Jones & Co., No. CAAP-23-0000369, 01/28/2026, unpublished.
Facts: Allisen Mathern worked for Edward D. Jones & Co. She suffered injuries at… Read more »
A New York appellate court ruled that a nurse could not proceed with a civil action against the company that had contracted with her employer for her services.
Case: Jackson v. Laconia Nursing Home Inc., No. 31977/19, 01/29/2026, published.
Facts: Anna Victoria Dell Jackson worked for Towne Nursing Staff Inc., a staffing agency, as a nurse. Towne… Read more »News: WEST
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The Illinois Appellate Court ruled that an Amazon delivery driver who was attacked while making a delivery was entitled to benefits for his injuries.
Case: Avila v. IWCC, No. 2-25-0093WC, 01/27/2026, unpublished.
Facts: Jose Avila worked for I Deliver Logistics, delivering packages in an Amazon truck.
On Aug. 1, 2023, he was driving his truck in Aurora, making deliveries, when a… Read more »
Labor regulators in Montana and Idaho are warning consumers about potential scams.
The Idaho Industrial Commission on Thursday said it has received multiple reports about two workers' compensation scams.
One scheme involves sending notices to people claiming they've been awarded a workers' compensation settlement but must pay a fee to receive the funds. The settlement offers look official, including the Industrial… Read more »A California lawmaker is gearing up for a third run at creating a single-payer health care system that once again would defer to an advisory board the question of how to handle medical treatment for workplace injuries.
Assemblymember Ash Kalra, D-San Jose, on Thursday introduced AB 1900, which would create the California Guaranteed… Read more »
The California Workers' Compensation Institute reported that the number of nonfatal work injuries and illnesses returned to pre-pandemic levels in 2024.
Recent results from California’s Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses show a 25.6% increase in nonfatal cases, from about 450,000 in 2021 to about 565,900 in… Read more »
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan is selling its workers' compensation subsidiary, AF Group, to Enstar Group, a global insurance and reinsurance company backed by investment firm Sixth Street.
The deal is subject to regulatory approvals and is expected to close in the second half of 2026. Financial terms were not disclosed.
AF… Read more »
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