A Louisiana appellate court overturned a judgment in favor of an injured worker that made substantive changes to a prior award and vacated the decision because it
… Read more »An Ohio appellate court upheld the summary dismissal of a worker’s claims against her employer after she was terminated for fighting with a colleague.
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… Read more »A pair of Texas lawmakers filed identical companion bills that would require contractors to carry workers' compensation coverage to operate in the Lone Star state.
… Read more »A Texas appellate court upheld a take-nothing judgment on an injured worker’s claim of retaliation.
Case: White v. Construction and Trade Tools Inc., No. 05-23-00841-CV,
… Read more »A New York appellate court overturned the schedule loss of use awards for an injured man after the Workers’ Compensation Board rejected both medical opinions
… Read more »The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a determination that a worker was entitled to only a 5% permanent partial disability award for his hand injury
… Read more »The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania has published its finding that an employer’s reimbursement from a worker’s third-party recovery excluded medical expenses after the date of her recovery
… Read more »The family of a gravedigger who died of COVID-19 after working to bury those who died of infections in early 2020 can collect workers' compensation
… Read more »The Texas Division of Workers' Compensation is hosting a free webinar on Dec. 11 to discuss regulatory efforts and relevant administrative and criminal laws.
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… Read more »A Michigan lawmaker proposed sweeping workers' compensation reforms that would increase the cap on benefits, revise the definition of "disability" and eliminate the distinction between
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The California Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) is pleased to announce that registration fo …