A New York lawmaker is proposing to significantly increase the penalty for employers that retaliate against workers who file comp claims, raising it from a couple of hundred dollars to…
The Washington Court of Appeals ruled that the owners of a property could not be held civilly liable for the murder of a worker who was their co-employee.
Case: Richardson v. Callahan,…
Since Maine lawmakers created a presumption that cancer is compensable for firefighters, nearly all cancer claims filed by firefighters were initially denied, according to a report by WMTW, an ABC…
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Tuesday appointed Freida D. Foster to serve as chair of the State Workers’ Compensation Board.
Freida D. Foster
Foster has been a board member since…
The U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals denied review of an employer’s challenge to an award of black lung benefits to a worker with complicated pneumoconiosis.
Case: Potomac Coal Co. v.
West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld the denial of a teacher’s claim of injury from dancing with a group of kindergarteners.
Case: Conley v. Logan County Board of Education, No.