
A New York lawmaker proposed language to clarify a 2024 measure expanding coverage for mental stress.
Sen. Jessica Ramos
State lawmakers in
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A lawmaker in Maine is proposing to make permanent a presumption that post-traumatic stress disorder is compensable for certain first responders.
Rep. Kristi
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A New York appellate court upheld the denial of an asbestos handler’s claim of repetitive stress injuries.
Case: Matter of Kretunski v. Citywide Environmental Services LLC,
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A New York appellate court upheld the summary dismissal of an injured worker’s suit against an automobile insurance carrier for coverage of his economic losses
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The New York State Workers' Compensation Board would be required to issue stop-work orders to employers that knowingly fail to provide workers’ compensation coverage under a
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An Ohio appellate court ruled that a claim for loss-of-use compensation for an injured worker cannot be asserted after the worker's death.
Case: State ex rel.
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A New York appellate court ruled that a worker should have been granted judicial approval of her settlement of a third-party personal injury action.
Case:
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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a bill that would build on warehouse worker protections enacted in 2022.
The governor on Dec. 21 signed Senate
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An Ohio appellate court upheld the denial of a defendant’s motion to withdraw his guilty plea to a charge of workers’ compensation fraud.
Case: State
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Federal workplace safety regulators fined a general contractor in Maine $161,325 saying it ignored repeated warnings and its own site-specific safety plan prior to a
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