
The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania said an employer could not raise a causation challenge in the proceedings related to a worker’s petition to reinstate benefits
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The New Jersey Superior Court’s Appellate Division ordered a new hearing on a worker’s application for disability retirement benefits, since the judge who rendered the
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West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a decision denying a worker’s request to reopen his claim for temporary total disability benefits.
Case: Endicott v.
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The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld an expansion of a worker's description of her work injury and the continuation of her benefits.
Case: Merck Sharp
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West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a worker’s permanent partial disability award of 33%.
Case: Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. of West Virginia v. Bell, No.
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A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was entitled to summary judgment on her Labor Law claim for an unwitnessed fall from a
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Michigan lawmakers introduced a package of bills proposing to increase workers' compensation benefits, mandate mediation in certain circumstances, modify presumptions, create new penalties and increase
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The Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation announced that the owner of a roofing company was ordered to pay $24,200 following his conviction for falsifying his
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A law professor at Emory University said in an opinion article published by The Hill that injured workers typically have less privacy than prisoners when
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A federal appellate court upheld the summary dismissal of an injured deputy sheriff’s claim of disability discrimination.
Case: Mundt v. Okaloosa County Sheriff No. 24-14130,
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