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  • State: Alabama
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“Numerous safety hazards” were found at an Alabama site where workers were fatally exposed to sewage gases, the U.S. Labor Department said.

Investigators with the

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  • State: West Virginia
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West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals vacated an award of permanent partial disability benefits to a miner because of deficiencies in the Board of Review's analysis.

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  • State: Virginia
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The Virginia House of Delegates unanimously passed a bill that would provide workers' compensation coverage for the exacerbation of preexisting mental health conditions without an

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  • State: West Virginia
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West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals vacated an award of 0% permanent partial disability to a longtime mine worker, finding the Board of Review failed

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  • State: Virginia
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A divided Virginia Court of Appeals ruled that workers’ compensation exclusivity barred a worker from pursuing a civil suit against his statutory co-employees.

Case: Villarroel

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  • State: West Virginia
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West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld an award of benefits for a worker’s hearing loss from the employer prior to his current one.

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  • State: West Virginia
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A bill in West Virginia would require employers to provide paid traumatic event counseling to peace officers, firefighters and 911 dispatchers exposed to certain critical

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  • State: Louisiana
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A Louisiana appellate court ruled that a firefighter’s claim for benefits for his hearing loss was time-barred.

Case: Dunn v. Jefferson Parish Fire Department, No.

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  • State: Delaware
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The Delaware Superior Court upheld the denial of benefits for damage to a worker’s lower teeth.

Case: Peed v. Essential Staffing Inc., No. S25A-06-001 RHR,

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  • State: South Carolina
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The South Carolina Court of Appeals ruled that a property owners’ association was not entitled to summary judgment dismissing a worker’s civil claim for injuries

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