Iowa Workers’ Compensation Commissioner Joseph Cortese II extended an order suspending in-person hearings in regular procedure contested case proceedings through July 23.

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A Delaware Superior Court judge denied an insurance carrier’s request to bifurcate the issues of liability and compensatory damages from the issue of punitive damages

A New York appellate court ruled that a defendant in a Labor Law action was entitled to partial summary judgment dismissing the claim against it.

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An Ohio appellate court upheld a restitution order of $965,235.28 against an employer after he pleaded guilty to committing workers’ compensation fraud.

Case: State v. Fitz,

A New York appellate court ruled that a worker should have been granted summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for a fall from a ladder.