An Illinois appeals court overturned the denial of death benefits to a deceased worker’s adult son, finding that the father’s fatal heart attack was compensable and that the son was an…
The Washington Court of Appeals upheld the suspension of an injured nurse’s benefits because she refused to participate in a telehealth evaluation requested by her employer.
Case: Novalic v. PeaceHealth, No. 58451-4-II, 07/16/2024, unpublished.
Facts: Eldina…
A former U.S. Postal Service worker in Delaware was sentenced to three years of probation and ordered to pay nearly $94,000 in restitution for defrauding the federal workers’ compensation program,…
The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration fined a Wisconsin waste management company $367,410 for violations identified during the investigation of a workplace injury.
OSHA said a worker at John’s Disposal Services,…
The U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals denied review of a railway worker’s challenge to the dismissal of his claim he had been terminated in retaliation for his successful pursuit…
West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a worker was not entitled to an increase in his permanent partial disability award.
Case: Alban v. West Virginia Division of…