A Florida appellate court upheld a denial of benefits to a deputy sheriff for his hypertension because his preemployment physical produced evidence of elevated blood pressure.
… Read more »A Florida appellate court ruled that a worker’s injuries from an accident while traveling home from work in an employer-provided vehicle were not compensable.
Case: Kelly
… Read more »The Missouri Court of Appeals ruled that a worker should have been granted an opportunity to present additional evidence to the Labor and Industrial Relations
… Read more »The Missouri Supreme Court threw out a worker’s challenge to a decision of the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission denying his claim for permanent total
… Read more »Georgia lawmakers on Wednesday introduced a resolution that would create a legislative committee to study maximum weekly workers' compensation indemnity benefits.
HR 1024 states that Georgia's
… Read more »A Louisiana appellate court overturned a default judgment against two defendants who were never properly served with a workers’ compensation claim.
Case: Brown v. Stratis
… Read more »A recent federal court ruling holding that a migrant farmworker’s death from COVID-19 fell within the scope of workers' compensation law is part of a
… Read more »A proposal to make post-traumatic stress disorder compensable for first responders in Georgia has failed at the committee level.
HB 855, introduced in January, would have
… Read more »The board of directors for Maryland’s Chesapeake Employers’ Insurance Co. declared a $15 million dividend for calendar year 2023.
The dividend will be awarded to
… Read more »The North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled that a lump-sum award of benefits can be allowed where the amount of future installments is uncertain.
Case: Blackwell
… 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 …
Oct 20-22, 2024
Join us for the 2024 Annual Conference hosted by the National Association of Occupational Health P …