The Missouri Court of Appeals upheld a finding that the state Second Injury Fund was not liable for the payment of permanent total disability benefits
… Read more »The Virginia Court of Appeals upheld the denial of a worker’s claim for a knee injury from a fall at her office.
Case: Robinson v.
… Read more »West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld the closure of a worker’s claim for temporary total disability benefits for a back injury.
Case: Rhodes v.
… Read more »A Texas appellate court revived a worker’s claim of retaliatory termination, finding triable issues as to whether he had been fired for dishonesty or for
… Read more »A Louisiana appellate court upheld the summary dismissal of a worker's tort claims against two companies that qualified as his statutory employers.
Case: Charles v. Transcontinental
… Read more »West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a 0% permanent partial disability award for a worker’s elbow injury.
Case: Adkins v. SWVA Inc., No. 24-ICA-304,
… Read more »The Maryland Senate passed a bill that would allow the Uninsured Employers' Fund Board to direct the Workers' Compensation Commission to increase the assessment on
… Read more »A Texas appellate court upheld the summary dismissal of a widow’s claim against her late husband’s employer for his death from COVID-19 as barred by
… Read more »West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld the authorization of bilateral medial branch nerve blocks for a worker’s back injury.
Case: Blackhawk Mining LLC v.
… Read more »West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld an award of benefits for a worker’s back injury.
Case: BET Ltd. v. May, No. 24-ICA-296, 02/28/2025, published.
… Read more »Sep 2-4, 2025
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