Board Errs in Awarding Attorney Fees to Worker
West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals ruled that the Board of Review erred in awarding attorney fees to a worker after finding that a claims administrator had unreasonably declared an…
Supreme Court Upholds FELA Award Apportioning Fault to Worker, Denying Employer Offset
The Nebraska Supreme Court upheld a jury verdict awarding benefits to a railroad dispatcher for her ankle injury that was largely apportioned to her own fault, and which denied the employer…
Summary Judgment Not Warranted in Claim for Scaffold Accident
A New York appellate court upheld the denial of summary judgment on a worker’s Labor Law action for his alleged injuries from a fall from a scaffold.
Case: Fuczynski v. 144…
Committees Pass Medical Treatment Leave, Staffing Agency Bills
A pair of California legislative committees passed bills that would require employers to allow workers to schedule treatment for industrial injuries during the workday, and require staffing agencies to provide…
Report: ‘Excessive Fraud’ Persists Among Correctional Workers
Widespread misconduct, fraud and abuse among New York state correctional workers “continues to plague the system,” according to a 2025 annual report released by the Workers’ Compensation Fraud Inspector General.
The…