The Connecticut Appellate Court upheld a denial of benefits for a firefighter injured from falling as he carried his equipment from home to an overtime shift.
Case: White v. Waterbury Fire Department,…
The West Virginia Supreme Court unanimously upheld an award of benefits to an injured worker without apportioning any of his impairment to a preexisting degenerative back condition.
Case: Murray American Energy…
A divided West Virginia Supreme Court overturned a denial of benefits to a mine worker for his back injuries from exiting a mantrip.
Case: Turley v. Blackhawk Mining, No. 21-0649, 04/05/2023,…
The Utah Court of Appeals ruled that a worker’s permanent total disability benefits can be apportioned only to the causes of his disability, not the causes of his disabling occupational disease.
Case:…
The Connecticut Appellate Court overturned a denial of benefits to a retired police officer for hypertension, finding the date of his appointment as police chief did not constitute a new…