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Bill Would Expand AI Disclosure Requirements
A California lawmaker introduced legislation that would modify what employers are required to disclose about their use of artificial intelligence for workplace surveillance. California Privacy Protection Agency regulations that took effect…
Worker Gets Award for Closed Head Injury
West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld an award of benefits to a worker for a closed head injury resulting from a fall. Case: Gracious Dining LLC v. Lopez, No. 25-ICA-336,…
Supreme Court Revives Suit Over Take-Home Asbestos Exposure
A divided Kentucky Supreme Court revived a lawsuit against two defendants, finding they had a duty to protect against foreseeable harm posed by their employees' exposing household members to asbestos…
Property Owners, Tenants Get Partial Summary Judgment on Worker’s Labor Law Claims
A New York appellate court ruled that the owners and tenants of a property should have been granted partial summary judgment on a worker’s Labor Law claims for his injuries…
General Contractor Gets Partial Dismissal of Claims Against It
A New York appellate court ruled that a general contractor was entitled to partial summary judgment dismissing some of the claims against it in a Labor Law action, and that…
Court Overturns Summary Judgment on Claim for Pallet Jack Accident
A New York appellate court overturned a grant of summary judgment that dismissed a worker’s Labor Law claims arising from a pallet jack accident. Case: Torres v. 40 East End Ave. Associates LLC,…
Injured Brick Mason’s PTD Award Overturned
The Alabama Court of Civil Appeals overturned an award of permanent total disability benefits to an injured brick mason. Case: BISCO Refractories Inc. v. Dean, No. CL-2025-0645, 02/27/2026, published. Facts and procedural…
Court: Worker Shouldn’t Have Received Summary Judgment for Fall From Dumpster
A New York appellate court ruled that a worker should not have been granted summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for his alleged injuries from falling from a dumpster. Case:…
DWC Updates Physician, Practitioner Section of Fee Schedule
The California Division of Workers' Compensation updated the physician and practitioner section of the Official Medical Fee Schedule to incorporate Medicare's second-quarter changes. The division said updates to the Physician and…
Board Approves Pinnacol Privatization Initiative
A ballot initiative proposing to privatize Pinnacol Assurance is poised to go before Colorado voters. The Colorado Title Board on Wednesday voted 2-1 to approve Initiative No. 249, according to a…
High Court Upholds TTD Award for Hospital Worker With Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
The District of Columbia’s highest court upheld a determination that a hospital worker was entitled to temporary total disability benefits for her bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome. Case: Howard University Hospital v.
Committee Bill Proposes Another Expansion of Airport Firefighter Presumption
California lawmakers are proposing to eliminate the requirement that airport firefighters complete a state-mandated training program to qualify for certain workers' compensation presumptions. SB 1444, introduced Tuesday by the Senate Committee…