The Senate Committee on Labor, Public Employment and Retirement unanimously passed bills that would expand the post-traumatic stress disorder presumption and require a study into whether California’s workers’ compensation system…
The Arkansas Court of Appeals ruled that the exclusive remedy provision of the workers’ compensation law did not bar a man from pursuing a civil suit against a company co-owned by…
A Texas appellate court overturned a denial of a mechanic’s claim for injuries from a car accident that occurred as he was driving to his employer’s shop to check some…
A divided West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a denial of permanent disability benefits to a mine worker for a knee injury.
Case: Lucas v. Blue Creek Mining LLC, No. 21-0655, 04/05/2023,…
A divided Mississippi Court of Appeals ruled that a staffing company and its employee were entitled to summary judgment dismissing a tort claim by an injured worker who was a…