Registration Opens for Workplace Safety Conference
The Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division announced that registration is now open for a two-day event in Bend that will focus on building and maintaining safe and healthy workplaces.
The…
Injury to Worker’s Foot Warrants Award Only for Closed Period
The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld an award of disability benefits to a worker for a closed period of time for a foot condition.
Case: Perez-Martinez v. Dart Container Corp. of…
Worker’s Accident Doesn’t Proximately Cause or Aggravate Preexisting Conditions
The Washington Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a worker’s industrial accident proximately caused only a concussion and a cervical sprain/strain, but it didn’t cause or aggravate his preexisting…
Court: Defendant Deserved Partial Dismissal of Worker’s Claim for Fall Into Hole
A New York appellate court ruled that a Labor Law defendant should have been granted summary judgment dismissing part of a worker’s claim for his injuries from a fall into…
Court Upholds Summary Dismissal of Worker’s Labor Law Claim for Alleged Fall
A New York appellate court upheld the summary dismissal of a worker’s Labor Law claim for his alleged injuries from a fall off a ladder.
Case: Arias v. Allen J. Reyen…