A federal appellate court upheld an award of benefits to a coal miner’s widow, finding that a statutory presumption of occupational pneumoconiosis applied to her
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A New York appellate court revived a worker’s Labor Law claim for his injuries from being struck by falling concrete and granted him summary judgment against
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A New York appellate court ruled that an insurance carrier and its managing general agent had no duty to defend or indemnify its insured against
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An Ohio appellate court ruled that a man was not entitled to temporary total disability benefits for a period during which his compensable psychological conditions
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A New York appellate court partially overturned a grant of summary judgment for a defendant in a Labor Law case as premature.
Case: Magistro v.
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A New York appellate court ruled that a self-represented worker failed to prove entitlement to reconsideration or full board review by casting blame on his
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The Nebraska Court of Appeals upheld an award of temporary total disability benefits to an injured worker despite his failure to complete a post-accident drug test,
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The New Hampshire Supreme Court ruled that adding a dependent to an open death benefits claim does not constitute a separate claim, and there is no
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A New York appellate court upheld the summary dismissal of part of a worker’s Labor Law claim.
Case: Jagdeo v. Borden House Condominium, No. 20815/12,
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A New York appellate court dismissed as moot an appeal by a third-party defendant in a Labor Law action.
Case: O’Connor v. S&S Construction of
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