The North Carolina Supreme Court ruled that a “total loss of wage-earning capacity” is a total loss of the employee’s personal capacity to earn wages

The Mississippi Supreme Court ruled a general contractor that required its subcontractor to obtain workers’ compensation insurance was entitled to immunity from a tort claim by

West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a denial of benefits to a worker for alleged nerve issues after he suffered a compensable cut to

Federal workplace safety inspectors fined a tree trimming service in Georgia $29,035, saying it could have prevented an electrocution in May.

Marvin Reyes, 38, died May

West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld the denial of a janitor’s claim of injury to her knee.

Case: Smith v. Constellium US Holding I