The Missouri Court of Appeals reinstated a jury’s verdicts in favor of an injured worker on his disability discrimination claim.
Scott Caldwell worked for the UniFirst Corp. as a district sales…
The Workers’ Compensation Ethics Advisory Committee found a single instance of misconduct in complaints filed against comp judges in 2022 and 2023, according to a pair of reports the California…
The Virginia Court of Appeals upheld the denial of a poultry processing plant worker’s claim for injuries from an unexplained fall.
Case: Gutierrez v. Perdue Farms Inc., No. 0176-23-2, 05/21/2024, unpublished.
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The Alabama Supreme Court issued a writ of mandamus compelling a trial court to dismiss the breach-of-contract and bad-faith claims against an insurance carrier arising out of a roofing worker’s…
An Arizona appellate court upheld a determination that a worker was entitled to additional treatment as he had not reached a medically stationary state.
Case: Tenet Health System Medical v. Industrial…
The Nebraska Court of Appeals upheld a finding of compensability for a worker’s knee injury, but overturned the award of permanent total disability benefits as unsupported by adequate factual findings.
Case:…