A divided Virginia Court of Appeals ruled that workers’ compensation exclusivity barred a worker from pursuing a civil suit against his statutory co-employees.
Case: Villarroel v. Railing Systems LLC, No. 1572-24-4,…
West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld an award of benefits for a worker’s hearing loss from the employer prior to his current one.
Case: Altivia Services LLC v. Boster, No. 25-ICA-206,…
A New York appellate court ruled that a Labor Law defendant should have been granted summary judgment dismissing part of a claim against it.
Case: Lacruise v. Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center,…
The National Council on Compensation Insurance opened registration for its 2026 Annual Insights Symposium, being held May 11-13 at the JW Marriott Grande Lakes in Orlando, Florida.
Donna Glenn
NCCI Chief…
An asbestos-removal contractor faces a stiff fine for knowingly exposing its workers to hazardous materials even though it told state workplace inspectors that a heavily contaminated jobsite was safe.
Seattle Environmental Services LLC was cited in late…