A divided Louisiana appellate court ruled that a university was entitled to summary judgment dismissing an injured worker’s suit for damages, since the school qualified as his statutory employer.
Case: Preston v. Southern…
The Michigan Supreme Court upheld a finding that an injured worker was entitled to total disability benefits but vacated the underlying Court of Appeals’ judgment to the extent it discussed…
Wisconsin Insurance Commissioner Mark Afable on Thursday announced a 5.44% decrease in workers’ compensation insurance rates.
Commissioner Mark Afable
The cut that takes effect Oct. 1 marks the sixth straight year…
Evolving COVID-19 variants and the effects of climate change will have huge impacts on California and its workers’ compensation system over the next decade and possibly beyond, a panel of…
The pandemic had no noticeable impact on medical treatment for injured workers who filed non-COVID-19 claims, according to a report released Thursday by the Workers Compensation Research Institute.
In a study…
A divided Arizona Court of Appeals upheld the denial of benefits to a police officer for post-traumatic stress disorder, with the dissenting judge arguing that the statutory standard of compensability…