The Washington Court of Appeals last week ordered publication of a decision that upheld a jury’s determination that a flight attendant was entitled to surgery to treat a back injury…
West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a restaurant worker was not entitled to expand the scope of her claim for a back injury.
Case: Casto v. Peppermint…
The South Carolina Court of Appeals ruled that a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Commission denying a worker’s claim for occupational asthma was unsupported by substantial evidence.
Case: Freshley v. Conbraco…
The Hawaii Supreme Court vacated an award and recommended that the Labor and Industrial Relations Appeals Board consider whether its PPD procedures cause disparate outcomes.
Case: Noborikawa v. Host International Inc., No.
The Virginia Court of Appeals ruled that a worker was not entitled to benefits for her injuries from falling while using a crosswalk on a public street to move from a…