A New York appellate court upheld a finding that a worker who suffered two back injuries remained disabled by his symptoms from the latter.
Case: Matter of Hummer v. Riccelli Enterprises…
West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a health care worker was entitled to benefits for injuries to his left shoulder from being shoved by a patient…
A New York appellate court upheld a determination that a worker’s injuries were more amenable to a permanent partial disability classification than a schedule loss-of-use award.
Case: Matter of Foster v.
The Illinois Appellate Court ruled that a worker’s voluntary dismissal of a retaliatory discharge claim, though taken to avoid adverse pretrial rulings, did not trigger expense-shifting.
Case: Anderson v. Greif Packaging…
A New York appellate court upheld an award of benefits to the widow of a truck driver who died of COVID-19.
Case: Matter of Hogan v. ABF Freight System Inc., No.
The Kentucky Supreme Court overturned a decision of the Court of Appeals directing an administrative law judge to revisit a determination that a worker’s surgery was not compensable.
Case: Graybar Electric…