Injured workers and their beneficiaries in California would be able to electronically sign settlement agreements, under a bill introduced this month.
Assembly Bill 2337, by Assemblymember Diane Dixon, R-Newport Beach, would…
A federal appellate court ruled that neither qualified immunity nor the exclusive remedy provision of Virginia’s Workers’ Compensation Law barred a nurse’s civil rights claims of being strip-searched as she reported…
The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a denial of permanent partial disability benefits to a former miner on his occupational pneumoconiosis claim.
Case: Wright v. West Virginia Office of Insurance Commissioner,…
A New York appellate court ruled that the Workers’ Compensation Board did not abuse its discretion in denying an employer’s untimely application for review.
Case: Matter of Golisano v. ABX Innovative…
A New York appellate court ruled that an injured worker was not relieved of his burden to show attachment to the labor market, and substantial evidence supported a finding that he…