The Appellate Court of Maryland upheld the conviction of a motorist for intentionally striking a municipal worker with his vehicle, ruling that evidence of the
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The Supreme Court of Georgia last week accepted an attorney’s voluntary surrender of his law license for misusing an injured worker’s settlement funds.
Richard H.
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The Mississippi Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a state employer was entitled to reimbursement of its medical evaluation expenses from an injured employee's third-party
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A divided Louisiana appellate court overturned a grant of summary judgment in favor of a general contractor on its claim that it was immune from civil
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The Texas Department of Insurance’s Research and Evaluation Group has released a report on return-to-work outcomes in the state workers' compensation system.
The report analyzes
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The Delaware Superior Court upheld an administrative ruling ordering a worker to reduce his use of opioid medication.
Case: Hunsucker v. Scott Paper Co., No.
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The West Virginia Supreme Court unanimously ruled that an injured loader operator was not entitled to the reopening of his claim for further permanent partial disability
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The Missouri Court of Appeals upheld a default judgment against an employer for retaliating against an injured employee who pursued a workers’ compensation claim.
Case: Steele v.
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The West Virginia Supreme Court unanimously upheld a finding that a worker suffered compensable shoulder and back injuries, but his intervertebral disc disorder was not compensable.
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The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a finding that a worker was entitled to arthroscopic knee surgery due to the aggravation of a prior compensable injury.
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