Worker, Defendant Each Get Partial Summary Judgment in Labor Law Action
A New York appellate court ruled that an injured worker should have been granted partial summary judgment on his Labor Law claim and that one of the defendants should have…
Bureau Posts Online Assigned Risk System Update
New Jersey’s Compensation Rating and Inspection Bureau has posted OAR 2.0, its newly upgraded Online Assigned Risk System, and will be available beginning Tuesday.
The bureau says in Advisory Bulletin #99 that the…
Driver Has No Further Causally Related Disability From Accident
A New York appellate court upheld a determination that the driver of a black car had no further causally related disability from a 2017 accident.
Case: Matter of Ghaffour v. New…
Court: Worker Shouldn’t Have Been Denied Referral to Pulmonologist
A Louisiana appellate court ruled that an injured worker was wrongfully denied a referral to a pulmonologist for the explicit purpose of clearing him for the pre-approved surgery on his…
Employer Fails to Prove It Lacked Timely Notice of Worker’s Injury
The Iowa Court of Appeals rejected an employer’s claim that it had not received timely notice of an employee’s work-related injury.
Case: Kraft Heinz Co. v. Indemnity Insurance Co. of North…