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WCD Posts Proposed Gender-Neutral Rules
The Oregon Workers’ Compensation Division posted a copy of proposed rules that would strip all references to gender from the state’s comp regulations. The WCD is proposing to edit Chapter 436…
Workers Get Full Compensation for Impairment Partially Caused by Compensable Injury
The Oregon Supreme Court ruled that a worker is entitled to compensation for the full measure of impairment where it is caused in material part, but not solely, by a…
High Court Clarifies Workers’ Entitlement to SLU Awards for Multiple Injuries
New York’s highest court ruled that a worker can receive a schedule loss of use award for different injuries to the same statutory member, and if the second injury has…
Committee Passes Extreme-Heat Study Bill
A California legislative committee passed a bill that would create an advisory committee within the Labor and Workforce Development Agency to study the effects of extreme heat on workers, businesses…
Bill Amended to Transfer Oversight of CURES to Pharmacy Board
The California Board of Pharmacy would oversee the state’s prescription drug-monitoring database, under a recently amended bill. Assemblyman Evan Low, D-San Jose, on Thursday amended AB 2055, which aims to divest…
Citation Vacated in Texas Power Line Company Fatality Case
The Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission on March 14 ordered the vacation of a citation issued to a Texas power line company following the workplace deaths of two employees. On June 1,…
Business Owner Owes BWC $100,000 for Fraud
The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation announced that a man who failed to disclose he was the owner of a company while receiving temporary disability benefits was ordered to pay…
9th COA Asks State High Court to Resolve Derivative Injury Application to COVID
A federal court on Thursday asked California’s Supreme Court to assess whether the derivative injury doctrine prohibits a civil claim against an employer when a worker contracts COVID-19 in the…
Court Tosses Self-Represented Worker’s Attempt to Appeal Non-Final Order
A Texas appellate court tossed a self-represented worker’s appeal of the dismissal of her claim against a forklift company as interlocutory. Case: Phillips v. Texas Department Insurance, No. 05-22-00120-CV, 04/19/2022, published. Facts…
Supreme Court Upholds Award of TTD, Physical Therapy for Injured Coal Miner
The West Virginia Supreme Court unanimously upheld an award of temporary total disability benefits and physical therapy for a coal miner injured in a head-on bus accident. Case: Murray American Energy…
Worker’s Activities Making Change to Elevator Fall Within Coverage of Labor Law
A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was engaged in activities covered by the Labor Law where he was making changes to the elevator in order to prevent…
Employer Gets Dismissal of Indemnification Claim; Worker’s Claims Against Property Owner Proceed
A New York appellate court ruled that an employer was entitled to dismissal of a property owner’s claims for common-law indemnification and contribution for an employee’s injuries, and that the…