The California Supreme Court granted the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board’s request to review the appellate court decision prohibiting the WCAB from acting on petitions for reconsideration more than 60 days…
The Iowa Supreme Court clarified the proper analysis for calculating the Second Injury Fund’s liability when a worker with preexisting disabilities suffers a second injury and sequela injuries.
Regena Strable worked…
The North Carolina Supreme Court ruled that a “total loss of wage-earning capacity” is a total loss of the employee’s personal capacity to earn wages in any type of employment.
Case:…
West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld an award of permanent partial disability benefits to a law enforcement officer who had been shot in the leg.
Case: Upshur County Commission v.
A New York appellate court upheld a jury verdict that found a worker’s death was not causally related to an alleged accident involving a ladder striking him in the chest.
Case: Caminiti…
Lawmakers in Washington state introduced identical companion bills that would create a presumption that post-traumatic stress disorder is a compensable occupational disease for correctional facility workers.
The presumption proposed by House…