The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a determination that a worker was entitled to a 14% permanent partial disability award for his injuries from a
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The Alabama Daily News reports that a bill to provide workers' compensation benefits to the state's teachers has stalled in a House of Representatives committee.
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A committee in the Maryland House of Delegates is scheduled to hear testimony March 26 on a bill that would authorize the Workers' Compensation Commission
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The Mississippi Court of Appeals upheld a determination that an injured security guard was not entitled to permanent partial disability benefits.
Case: Caffey v. Forest
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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,
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