A federal appellate court upheld a worker’s convictions and sentence to embezzlement and workers’ compensation fraud.

Case: U.S. v. Holmes, No. 23-4700, 06/21/2024, unpublished.

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A New York appellate court ruled that a worker should have been granted summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for his injuries from falling

The South Carolina Supreme Court reinstated an award of permanent total disability benefits for a worker who lost the use of his back, despite the low impairment

A federal appellate court upheld an award of black lung benefits to a coal industry employee despite the administrative law judge’s evidentiary error.

Case: Coastal

An Ohio appellate court upheld the summary dismissal of a worker’s intentional tort claim accusing his employer of allegedly causing his accident by removing the