The New Jersey Superior Court’s Appellate Division ruled that a hospital could not attempt to recast its patients' assigned claims for workers' compensation benefits as
… Read more »The Commonwealth Court rejected a worker’s constitutional challenges to the modification of his disability benefits from total to partial.
Case: Dennell v. City of Philadelphia
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The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that a worker is in the course of employment when his employer authorizes a vehicle to operate for business expressly authorized by the
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The New Jersey Commission of Banking and Insurance approved a 3.9% rate cut for workers’ compensation and employers’ liability policies incepting on or after Jan.
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The Kansas Court of Appeals ruled that the state Workers’ Compensation Act does not exclude the use of competent medical evidence when assessing an impairment
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A New York appellate court dismissed a worker’s appeal of a decision apportioning liability on grounds that he had not been aggrieved by the ruling.
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The January 2022 death of a Massachusetts cannabis worker has raised concerns about potential respiratory health hazards for those employed in the marijuana industry, state
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A New York appellate court upheld an award of benefits to a retail worker for his contraction of COVID-19 and consequential stroke.
Case: Matter of
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A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for his fall from a flatbed
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A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was not entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for a fall that happened
… Read more »Jan 15, 2026
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