The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld an award of death benefits to a cancer-stricken firefighter’s widow, as well as an assessment of penalties against his employer
… Read more »A Republican lawmaker introduced bills that would tighten Illinois' causation standards, reduce certain schedule loss of use awards to what they were two decades ago
… Read more »A California appeals court upheld a trial court's determination that a worker was required to arbitrate her claims for false imprisonment, intentional infliction of emotional
… Read more »The federal court for the Northern District of California granted summary judgment to Costco Wholesale Corp., dismissing an injured worker's wrongful termination and Fair Employment
… Read more »An Ohio appellate court upheld a determination that a worker was not entitled to an increase in his permanent partial disability rating despite the expansion
… Read more »A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was entitled to two schedule loss of use awards for separate injuries to his right leg.
… Read more »A New York appellate court upheld the forfeiture of a worker’s entitlement to benefits due to the embellishment of his condition and functional abilities at his
… Read more »An Ohio appellate court upheld the denial of a worker’s request for an enhanced award of benefits for the traumatic amputation of his arm, finding
… Read more »The Michigan Supreme Court ruled that an employer that was the alleged victim of legal malpractice can recover reasonable and necessary attorney fees that are incurred
… Read more »The Missouri Supreme Court overturned an order reviving an injured worker’s judgment against his employer, finding the employer had already satisfied the judgment against it.
… Read more »Sep 2-4, 2025
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