
California columnist Dan Walters suggested employers need to do more to ensure that the Division of Occupational Safety and Health can enforce workplace safety rules
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A Louisiana appellate court overturned the grant of a worker’s motion to strike a carrier’s accusation of fraud.
Case: LUBA Workers' Comp. v. Sears, No. 56,489-WCA, 10/01/2025,
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The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld an award of temporary total disability benefits to a worker for his wrist injury.
Case: Autozone Inc. v. Baker,
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The Illinois Appellate Court ruled that a circuit court judge should not have overturned a decision by the Workers’ Compensation Commission that found a worker’s cervical
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The Minnesota Court of Appeals upheld the denial of line-of-duty death benefits for a retired firefighter’s fatal heart attack.
Floyd Jones joined the St. Paul
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The Texas Division of Workers' Compensation is holding its quarterly stakeholder meeting on Oct. 22.
Officials from the division will provide an update on a
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The Illinois Appellate Court upheld an award of $5,782,349.85 for a restaurant worker’s death from anaphylactic shock after he ate a free meal that contained
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The U.S. Department of Labor fined a Florida painting contractor $877,220 for safety violations following an investigation into a worker's drowning death.
Jose Garcia Hernandez,
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The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a determination that a worker who injured his right shoulder on the job failed to establish a compensable injury
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A New York appellate court overturned a grant of summary judgment for a worker on his Labor Law claim and for dismissal of the affirmative defenses.
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