An Ohio appellate court granted partial writ relief to a worker’s adult daughter, ordering the Industrial Commission to consider whether she was dependent on him for support.
Case: State ex rel. Holderman…
The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld an award of benefits to a coal miner’s widow for his death from a liver condition 23 years after he suffered catastrophic injuries at…
The Oregon Workers’ Compensation Division lowered the assessment that funds certain benefits for injured workers to 1.8 cents per hour worked.
The Workers’ Benefit Fund assessment pays for return-to-work programs and…
California columnist Dan Walters suggested employers need to do more to ensure that the Division of Occupational Safety and Health can enforce workplace safety rules if they don’t want lawmakers…
A Louisiana appellate court overturned the grant of a worker’s motion to strike a carrier’s accusation of fraud.
Case: LUBA Workers’ Comp. v. Sears, No. 56,489-WCA, 10/01/2025, published.
Facts and procedural history: Rebecca Sears…