The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation announced that the owner of an electrical service company pleaded guilty to workers’ compensation fraud and has paid restitution of nearly $16,000.
BWC’s Special Investigations Department received…
The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that a pension offset is not available when the retiree returns to work for a former employer on a part-time basis and suffers an…
The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the expansion of a worker’s claim to add a shoulder injury.
Case: Gibson v. Blackhawk Mining LLC, No. 23-178, 08/01/2024, published.
Facts: Timothy Gibson worked for…
The Alabama Court of Civil Appeals ruled that an employer could not be relieved of its obligation to provide continuing medical treatment to an injured worker after she aggravated her…
A federal appellate court upheld the denial of a coal miner’s third claim for black lung benefits.
Case: Hitt v. OWCP, No. 23-1916, 08/15/2024, unpublished.
Facts: Robert Hitt worked in the coal…