West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld an award of benefits for a worker for his bladder and kidney urothelial cancer.
Case: West Virginia Department of Transportation v. Thorn, No. 25-ICA-458,…
A federal appellate court upheld an award of partial disability benefits and attorney fees to a ship painter under the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act for his respiratory ailments.
Case:…
The Iowa Supreme Court ruled that a worker’s impairment rating for a distal clavicle excision should not have been reduced.
Case: Klein v. Whirlpool Corp., No. 25-0458, 06/26/2026, unpublished.
Facts: Brian Klein…
A New York appellate court ruled that part of a worker’s Labor Law action should have been dismissed on summary judgment, and that the third-party defendants were both entitled to…
West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld the expansion of a worker’s claim to include additional injuries from being struck by an excavator.
Case: Rob Juszczak Construction v. Juszczak, No. 26-ICA-16, 06/30/2026,…