A California appellate court held that the protection provided by the Privette doctrine can travel through a contractual chain of delegation to shield a property
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The Southern California judge who pleaded guilty to paying a suspended provider to write medical-legal reports was sentenced to one year of probation and fined
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A Texas appellate court partially reinstated a self-represented worker’s claim for unpaid wages and modified the dismissal of his claim for workers’ compensation benefits as without
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A Florida appellate court ruled that a judge of compensation claims should have awarded reimbursement of the expenses a mother incurred in pursuing a guardianship
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Connecticut prosecutors said the owner of a company that specializes in asbestos, lead and mold removal was charged with failure to provide workers' compensation at
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A New York appellate court ruled that a worker should not have been granted summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for his injuries from
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A Louisiana appellate court upheld the dismissal of a worker’s claim for a psychological injury caused by her work-related stress.
Case: May v. Berkshire Hathaway
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California lawmakers have spiked a controversial proposal to allow naturopaths to serve as primary treating physicians in the workers' compensation system.
Sen. Aisha Wahab, D-Hayward,
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Connecticut prosecutors announced fraud charges against a nurse accused of failing to disclose her outside employment while she collected workers' compensation benefits.
In 2021, Tashia McKenzie,
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A Connecticut police officer receiving workers' compensation benefits for a knee injury was charged with fraud after he passed a fitness exam as part of
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