The Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry announced that it will open registration Monday for its one-day Workers’ Compensation Summit set for Oct. 29.
Session topics will include a legislative update…
The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld an award to an injured worker but sent the case back to the judge to provide a more specific description of the compensable conditions.
Case:…
A divided West Virginia Supreme Court summarily affirmed a finding that a worker had suffered a worsening of his condition attributable to a compensable lumbar injury.
Case: ANR Inc. v. Stover,…
A Louisiana appellate court upheld an award of benefits for a worker with carpal tunnel syndrome and ruled that his employer was not entitled to an offset against its liability.
Case: Caldwell…
The Alabama Supreme Court overturned a $3 million judgment in a wrongful death case, finding that a worker’s failure to realize a safety device was missing from a machine was…
The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a denial of permanent partial disability benefits to an injured worker.
Case: Underwood v. West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, No. 23-118, 08/01/2024,…