Tennessee lawmakers unanimously passed a bill that would create a presumption that post-traumatic stress disorder is compensable for firefighters and unanimously passed a grant program bill to
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The West Virginia Supreme Court unanimously upheld a denial of benefits for a worker’s hearing loss claim.
Case: Fragmin v. TC Energy Group LLC, No.
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The Tennessee Court of Appeals upheld the summary dismissal of an injured carpenter’s claim that he was fired in retaliation for pursuing workers’ compensation benefits.
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A Louisiana appellate court upheld the dismissal of a worker’s claim of retaliatory discharge as untimely filed.
Case: Sion v. McLane Foodservice Inc., No. 2022
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A Louisiana appellate court revived a daughter’s negligence claim over the death of her father, who was a medical clinic employee, for a fatal accident that
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In a case of first impression, the North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled that a worker did not establish his entitlement to extended temporary total
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The West Virginia Supreme Court unanimously upheld a denial of benefits for a worker with a long history of back issues for his most recent
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The Texas Senate unanimously passed an amended bill that would delay by four years the scheduled sunset review for the Department of Insurance, Division of
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In a 6-3 decision, the Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled that injured workers have at least one year from the date of an injury in which
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A Louisiana appellate court ruled that a subcontractor’s workers’ compensation insurance carrier was not entitled to reimbursement for the benefits paid to an injured worker
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