A California appeals court affirmed summary judgment dismissing a retaliation and age discrimination complaint after finding that the worker's allegations were based on activity outside
… Read more »A committee in the Maryland House of Delegates is scheduled to hear testimony March 26 on a bill that would authorize the Workers' Compensation Commission
… Read more »A New York appellate court overturned the denial of a widow’s claim for death benefits.
Case: Matter of Hanson v. General Electric Co., No. CV-23-1425,
… Read more »The Mississippi Court of Appeals upheld a determination that an injured security guard was not entitled to permanent partial disability benefits.
Case: Caffey v. Forest
… Read more »The Missouri Court of Appeals upheld a finding that the state Second Injury Fund was not liable for the payment of permanent total disability benefits
… Read more »The Virginia Court of Appeals upheld the denial of a worker’s claim for a knee injury from a fall at her office.
Case: Robinson v.
… Read more »The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries said a farmhand who claimed that injuries he sustained while corralling a runaway cow prevented him from
… Read more »A California appeals court on Tuesday ruled that an attorney who participated in a kickback scheme was improperly charged with a general crime that carried
… Read more »West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld the closure of a worker’s claim for temporary total disability benefits for a back injury.
Case: Rhodes v.
… Read more »A New York appellate court upheld the disqualification of a worker from receiving benefits due to his concealment of the fact he was running a
… Read more »Jun 14-28, 2025
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