A divided West Virginia Supreme Court produced four opinions addressing an employer’s entitlement to apportion a worker’s impairment, with a majority clarifying the appropriate standard of review of a board…
Hawaii lawmakers passed a bill that would add breast cancer and cancer of female reproductive organs to the list of conditions that are presumed compensable for firefighters.
At the same time,…
The California Senate Appropriations Committee put a temporary hold on two bills that would authorize temporary disability benefits for attending medical appointments and for successfully challenging the denial of a…
The Illinois Appellate Court upheld a determination that a school district employee was not entitled to additional benefits for alleged injuries to his hips and knees after he hurt his…
A Louisiana appellate court ruled that a worker suffered a compensable injury to her foot when a patient ran over it in a wheelchair and that she was entitled to…
A New York appellate court upheld summary judgment to a worker on his Labor Law claim for injuries from being struck by falling objects.
Case: Bartley v. 76 Eleventh Avenue Property…