Florida lawmakers are proposing to expand the list of cancers covered under a statutory scheme that provides benefits to firefighters as an alternative to workers'
… Read more »The North Carolina Court of Appeals upheld a jury’s award of damages to an injured news reporter, rejecting the defense's claims of instructional error.
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… Read more »A Texas appellate court upheld the denial of an injured worker’s claim of retaliatory termination.
Case: Sanchez-Rolon v. Pactiv LLC, No. 03-23-00031-CV, 12/31/2024, published.
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… Read more »West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld the denial of a worker’s claim for benefits for a shoulder injury.
Case: Jones v. West Virginia Department
… Read more »Identical bills have been pre-filed in Virginia that would amend the state’s workers' compensation law to expand occupational injuries or diseases as those stemming “from
… Read more »West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld the denial of a worker’s request to add conditions to his claim for his COVID-19 infection.
Case: Stalnaker
… Read more »A Texas appellate court upheld a take-nothing judgment for a municipal worker who was ejected from a street sweeper when it was rear-ended by a
… Read more »A Texas appellate court ruled that an employer’s failure to provide notice of a proposed judgment to the Division of Workers’ Compensation rendered the judgment void.
… Read more »West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals overturned an administrative decision allowing a claims administrator to end payments for an expensive compound cream a worker was
… Read more »West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals ruled that a worker was entitled to additional treatment and temporary total disability benefits for a knee injury.
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