Rhode Island lawmakers are considering amendments to the state’s post-traumatic stress disorder presumption for first responders to include those performing work off-duty.

SB 2059, introduced Friday

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy on Tuesday signed a pair of bills that expand the state’s workers' compensation law for certain first responders.

The governor

The Connecticut Appellate Court upheld a finding that two special police officers had not been laid off from their positions in retaliation for pursuing workers’ compensation

A New York appellate court ruled that a worker struck by a steel cable was not entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law Section

The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld the dismissal of a worker’s untimely petition to appeal a prior administrative ruling.

Case: Wheatley v. Pyramid Hotel Group