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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…
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 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,…
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.
Worker Doesn’t Need to Prove Labor Market Attachment to Get PPD Award
A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was entitled to the benefit of a change in the law that relieved her of the burden to prove an attachment…
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…
Court Upholds Summary Judgment for Worker on Labor Law Claim for Fall From Ladder
A New York appellate court upheld a grant of summary judgment to a worker on his Labor Law claim for his injuries from a fall from a ladder. Case: Roque v.
Correctional Officer Pleads Guilty to Faking Injuries
A former Rikers Island correctional officer admitted to falsely claiming he was injured while on duty following use-of-force incidents with inmates, federal prosecutors in New York announced. Todd Faustin, 43, on…
Bill Would Shift Serious Injury, Fatality Probes to Prosecutors from Cal/OSHA
Prosecutors would be the lead investigators for accidents resulting in serious injury or death, while the agency commonly known as Cal/OSHA would continue to collect reports and assist, under a…