A Texas appellate court upheld a decision that a worker’s negligence claim against his nonsubscribing employer was time-barred.
Case: Vargas v. Rigid Global Buildings LLC,
… Read more »The Florida Department of Financial Services announced assessments that fund operations of the Division of Workers’ Compensation and the Special Disability Trust Fund will remain
… Read more »A federal appellate court overturned a denial of a carrier’s motion to compel arbitration of a procedurally complex insurance dispute.
Case: Benchmark Insurance Co. v.
… Read more »Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed three to the Office of the Judges of Compensation Claims.
DeSantis announced the appointments of
… Read more »A Louisiana appellate court upheld a determination that a hospital qualified as the statutory employer of an injured laser technician who was bringing equipment to
… Read more »A federal appellate court ruled that an injured worker could not collect an agreed judgment against his employer from its insurance carrier when the employer had
… Read more »The Delaware Supreme Court upheld a determination that an injured worker’s prescribed narcotic pain medications were no longer compensable.
Case: Sheppard v. Allen Family Foods,
… Read more »Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee appointed Meredith B. Weaver to serve as a judge on the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board.
… Read more »The Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals upheld the dismissal of an injured worker’s claim for retaliatory discharge.
Case: Hernandez v. Educational Development Corp., No. 119832,
… Read more »The Florida Division of Workers’ Compensation reports a significant drop in COVID-19 claims in March and April.
The DWC’s latest report on COVID-19 claims shows
… Read more »Aug 14-17, 2024
California Society of Industrial Medicine and Surgery (CSIMS) is combining its two conferences, PI …
Sep 23-26, 2024
The IAIABC invites you to the IAIABC 110th Convention, "Passport to Solutions". The IAIABC Convent …
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Join us for the 2024 Annual Conference hosted by the National Association of Occupational Health P …