A divided Kentucky Supreme Court revived a lawsuit against two defendants, finding they had a duty to protect against foreseeable harm posed by their employees’ exposing household members to asbestos…
The Alabama Court of Civil Appeals overturned an award of permanent total disability benefits to an injured brick mason.
Case: BISCO Refractories Inc. v. Dean, No. CL-2025-0645, 02/27/2026, published.
Facts and procedural…
A New York appellate court overturned a grant of summary judgment that dismissed a worker’s Labor Law claims arising from a pallet jack accident.
Case: Torres v. 40 East End Ave. Associates LLC,…
A New York appellate court ruled that a worker should not have been granted summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for his alleged injuries from falling from a dumpster.
Case:…
The California Division of Workers’ Compensation updated the physician and practitioner section of the Official Medical Fee Schedule to incorporate Medicare’s second-quarter changes.
The division said updates to the Physician and…