A Louisiana appellate court ruled that a temporary elections worker was not a state employee and that the parish registrar of voters was liable for her benefits.
Case: Negrete v. Parish of Caddo, No. 56,933-WCA, 07/15/2026, published.
Facts: The Caddo Parish Registrar of Voters hired Judy Negrete as a temporary employee in July 2019. Negrete earned $11.50 an hour working as needed… Read more »
An Ohio appellate court granted writ relief to a self-employed worker, finding that the Industrial Commission erred in calculating his average weekly wage without considering income from his wholly owned corporation.
Case: State ex rel. Parente v. Industrial Commission, No. 24AP-652, 07/14/2026, published.
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A New York appellate court upheld the exclusion of evidence presented by a Labor Law defendant and a grant of summary judgment for the injured worker.
Case: Intriago v. 18th Highline Associates LLC, No. 2025-00322, 07/08/2026, published.
Facts: Walter Intriago allegedly was injured when he fell from a stack of doors at a construction site.
Intriago said he was directed by a supervisor… Read more »
A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was entitled to partial summary judgment on his Labor Law claim and that other parts of his claim were properly dismissed.
Case: Barbosa v. 1169 Hoe LLC, No. 805465/21, 07/09/2026, published.
Facts: Elisito De Jesus Lopez Barbosa allegedly injured his back while lifting concrete forms. According to Barbosa, he was pulling concrete forms to the… Read more »
Professional administration and post-settlement medical care coordination provider Ametros announced Monday that President Andrea Mills was elected to the board of directors for Kids’ Chance of America.
KCOA is a charitable workers’ compensation industry organization dedicated to providing college scholarships to the children of workers who have been seriously or fatally… Read more »
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker reappointed Gerald Napleton to serve as an arbitrator on the Workers' Compensation Commission.
Napleton was an associate attorney at Ridge & Downes, where he handled workers' compensation and personal injury claims for clients before he was first appointed to serve as an arbitrator in 2020.
Napleton currently serves on the Illinois State Bar… Read more »Jul 23, 2026
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