The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration fined a Connecticut contractor more than $1.2 million for allegedly failing to protect workers from cave-in and excavation hazards.
OSHA said it cited Sound…
West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a worker was entitled to an increase in his permanent partial disability award due to the worsening of his occupational…
The Iowa Court of Appeals upheld a calculation of a traveling nurse’s wages and the assessment of a penalty against her employer.
Case: U.S. Nursing Corp. v. DeCormier, No. 25-0407, 12/03/2025, published.
Facts:…
A New York appellate court upheld the partial summary dismissal of a worker’s Labor Law claims.
Case: Mitchell v. City of New York, No. 2022-04622, 12/03/2025, published.
Facts: Brian Mitchell worked as…
The Illinois Appellate Court upheld a determination that a subcontractor’s insurance carrier had a duty to defend the general contractor from a civil suit by the subcontractor’s injured employee.
Case: Navigators…