North Carolina lawmakers on Friday unanimously passed a bill that would add post-traumatic stress disorder suffered by a first responder to the state’s list of
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A special fund within Kentucky’s workers’ compensation system has been paying hundreds of thousands of dollars in benefits to deceased workers, including some who have
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The Delaware Superior Court ruled that an injured worker provided enough evidence of willful or wanton misconduct by his employer’s insurance carrier to pursue punitive
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A Louisiana appellate court ruled that a welder was entitled to benefits for an injury that he belatedly reported to his employer, but he was
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A federal appellate court ruled that an injured worker was entitled to damages for wrongful termination in retaliation for filing a workers’ compensation claim, but
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A federal administrative law judge determined that a behavioral health care center and its management company exposed workers to more than 50 attacks in a
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The Oklahoma House of Representatives concurred in Senate amendments to a bill that would declare it a felony for an injured worker receiving temporary disability
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The Arkansas Court of Appeals upheld a denial of benefits to a worker who injured himself in a fall while crossing a culvert between his
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The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation is seeking comments about whether it should maintain four sets of regulations dealing with reports of injury, injury prevention
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The South Carolina House of Representatives passed a bill that would make it easier for first responders to file claims for post-traumatic stress disorder and
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