
A Texas appellate court upheld an award of death benefits to a cancer-stricken firefighter’s widow.
Charlie Jaimes worked as a firefighter for the City of
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A unanimous New Mexico Supreme Court on Monday said a law that limits the duration of benefits for subsequent mental impairments to the duration of
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An Ohio appellate court upheld the denial of permanent total disability benefits for a worker who suffered multiple injuries, including the partial amputation of his
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The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld the rejection of a worker’s effort to add an elbow condition to her claim but ruled that her attorney
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A Louisiana appellate court ruled that an injured worker’s average weekly wages had been miscalculated and that he was entitled to penalties for his employer’s
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A Louisiana appellate court upheld a finding that a worker was entitled to benefits, fees and penalties because her employer failed to offer her a
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The North Carolina Supreme Court expressly adopted a long-standing Court of Appeals precedent using the "directly related" test to determine whether the causal connection required
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The Wyoming Supreme Court ruled that a worker did not meet her burden of showing that her right knee injury or her altered gait caused
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The Illinois Appellate Court rejected a worker’s challenges to the appointment of the arbitrator in his case and upheld a determination that the worker failed to prove
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The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld the denial of an injured worker’s penalty petition based on her failure to reimburse her employer’s lien.
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