The Connecticut Appellate Court reinstated an administrative law judge’s denial of benefits to the widow of a police officer who killed himself at work using his service revolver.
Throughout the officer’s…
West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld the denial of benefits to a coal miner’s widow, finding that occupational pneumoconiosis was not a material contributing factor in his death.
Case: Adams…
The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced an investigation into a medical sterilization service for allegedly failing to protect workers from prolonged exposure to ethylene oxide.
Ethylene oxide is used…
The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania rejected a worker’s constitutional challenge to the retroactive application of Act 111 to his injuries.
Case: Barrios v. City of Philadelphia (WCAB), No. 1411 C.D. 2023,…
A New York appellate court ruled that the defendant in a Labor Law action should have been granted summary judgment dismissing part of the injured worker’s claim.
Case: Pereira v. 504…
California Gov. Gavin Newsom appointed Jennifer Osborn as the new director of the Department of Industrial Relations.
Jennifer Osborn
Osborn, who has been chief deputy director at the Department of General…