The Illinois Appellate Court upheld the summary dismissal of an allegedly injured worker’s retaliatory discharge claim.
Dana E. Eckerty began working for the Eastern Illinois
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A New York appellate court revived a widow’s Labor Law claims for her husband’s fatal electrical injuries.
Bridgestreet Corporate Housing LLC was a tenant and
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A California appellate court ruled that a decision by the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board denying a worker's claim for disability discrimination under Labor Code Section
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The California Division of Workers’ Compensation will have more time to gather information to analyze the effects of fast-tracking certain medical treatments by allowing them
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An Ohio appellate court upheld the dismissal of a wrongful termination claim by two brothers who claimed they were terminated in retaliation for reporting workplace
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The Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board asked California’s 4th District Court of Appeal to annul a decision denying a claim filed by a truck driver who
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The U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a finding that a coal miner’s chronic obstructive pulmonary disease was caused at least in part by
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A former workers’ compensation judge in New Jersey alleges in a lawsuit filed against the state that she was fired in retaliation for reporting concerns
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Massachusetts’ highest court upheld the forfeiture of a former correctional officer’s retirement allowance based on his commission of workers’ compensation fraud after he retired from
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A California appellate court ruled that the Privette doctrine barred a worker from pursuing a tort claim against a property owner and its employee for
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