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No Permanent Total Disability Benefits for Worker Who Lost Eye
The Arkansas Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a worker was not permanently and totally disabled by the loss of her left eye. Case: Murphy v. Arkansas Department of Correction,…
Court Upholds Award for Worker’s Collapsed Lung
A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was entitled to benefits for a collapsed lung from an on-the-job exposure. Case: Matter of Bonitto v. Vivid Mechanical LLC, No. CV-23-0192,…
State Insurance Fund Gets Summary Judgment on Claim for Unpaid Premiums
A New York appellate court upheld a grant of summary judgment for the State Insurance Fund on its claim for unpaid workers’ compensation premiums. Case: Commissioners of the State Insurance Fund…
No Change in Premium Assessment Rate for 2025
The Oregon Workers' Compensation Division announced that premium assessment rates will remain unchanged in 2025. The division said the premium assessment rate for 2025 will be 9.8%, the same as it…
Contractor Fined for Safety Violations That Caused Worker’s Death
Federal workplace safety investigators fined a Massachusetts waterproofing contractor $283,115 for safety violations they say led to a worker's death. Gerceir Osvaldo DeFaria, 51, was killed in February 2024 when part…
State Fund Must Pay for Continuing Treatment of Worker’s Injury
The Kansas Supreme Court upheld a determination that the state Workers Compensation Fund was liable for paying the continuing treatment expenses for a worker who had accepted a job out…
Split Court Says Diabetic Worker’s Foot Injury Didn’t Cause Total Disability
A split Mississippi Court of Appeals upheld a finding that a worker’s compensable right-foot injury did not leave her permanently and totally disabled and that her left-foot injury was not compensable. Case:…
Injured Firefighter Successfully Challenges Reduction in Benefits
A Louisiana appellate court ruled that an injured firefighter’s benefits were wrongly reduced and that he was entitled to full reinstatement, plus an award of penalties and attorney fees. Case: Prevost…
Surveillance Footage Doesn’t Prove Employee Made False Statements
A New York appellate court ruled that an employer’s video surveillance footage of an injured worker did not establish that he ever made a false statement about his condition. Case: Linane v.
High Court Clarifies Date Worker Became Entitled to Specific-Loss Benefits for Eye Injury
In a case of first impression, Maine’s highest court ruled that a worker was entitled to an award of specific-loss benefits for the loss of vision in his eye on…
OSHA Fines Company $29,035 After Worker Struck by Stone Slab
Federal workplace safety officials fined an Alabama countertop installation company $29,035, saying it could have prevented a worker's death by following federal safety standards. John Hopper, 33, died in March after…
Court Dismisses Carrier’s Challenge to Compensability Finding
A Texas appellate court dismissed an insurance carrier’s challenge to a trial judge’s finding of compensability for a worker’s death, ruling that the judgment entered had been void. Case: Texas Mutual…