The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health fined a construction company $157,500 after a fatal trench collapse.
Joel Olea Gomez, 27, was killed on Aug. 28, 2024, when a portion…
A New York appellate court revived a general contractor’s claim against a subcontractor for indemnification from liability to an allegedly injured worker.
Case: Freas v. John W. Danforth Co., No. 134…
The Missouri Court of Appeals now has a split among its districts, with the Southern District ruling that a prior enhanced permanent partial disability award cannot be used to add…
The Connecticut Supreme Court ruled that an administrative law judge has the discretion to award ongoing temporary disability benefits to a worker who has reached maximum medical improvement in lieu…
A New York appellate court overturned the denial of benefits to a crisis response worker for her toxic exposures at the World Trade Center after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist…
The Nebraska Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a worker was entitled to a closed period of temporary total disability benefits for a back injury.
Case: Welchert v. Abe’s Trash…