A federal appellate court upheld a black lung benefits award, finding a coal miner’s employment caused legal pneumoconiosis that substantially contributed to his being totally disabled.
Richard Estudillo worked as an…
A New York appellate court ruled declined to dismiss a malpractice suit alleging a law firm mishandled a workers’ compensation claim.
Case: Puccio v. Hoffman, Wachtell & Rao LLP, No. 2025-00992,…
The Division of Workers’ Compensation will update studies on employer participation and access to care in 2027, according to a notice posted in the Texas Register.
The division’s Workers’ Compensation Research…
Rand said in a new report that contradictory findings about provider participation trends and access to care in California’s workers’ compensation system “pose somewhat of a puzzle.”
“We found flat or…
The Tennessee Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board affirmed a decision finding that a worker failed to prove that her alleged mental health injuries were primarily caused by an event leading to…
The Intermediate Court of Appeals of West Virginia affirmed a Workers’ Compensation Board of Review decision authorizing an arthroscopy of a firefighter’s left wrist because it was not clearly wrong.
Case:…