West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld an award for a worker’s elbow injury from an on-the-job fall.
Case: West Virginia United Health System Inc. v. DeWitt, No. 24-ICA-74, 10/28/2024, published.
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A New York appellate court partially overturned a grant of summary judgment dismissing a defendant’s indemnification claim against an injured worker’s employer.
Case: Cooper v. BLDG 7th Street LLC, Nos. 153479/18,…
West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals ruled that a worker was not entitled to reopen his claim or to receive additional benefits even though he received treatments and expanded the…
The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries announced that it opened rulemaking for ergonomic regulations that would apply to airline ground crews.
State lawmakers in 2023 enacted Senate Bill 5217,…
The Missouri Court of Appeals ruled that two injured workers could not back out of a settlement agreement they entered with their employer’s insurance carrier to satisfy the carrier’s subrogation…
A New York appellate court upheld the denial of a worker’s request for an extreme hardship redetermination.
Case: Matter of Brown v. Plans Plus Ltd., No. CV-23-0250, 10/10/2024, published.
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