A bill introduced in Washington state would cut in half the disability duration needed to qualify for workers’ compensation benefits.
Injured workers in Washington are not entitled to compensation for the…
The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that res judicata barred a worker from challenging the description of her injuries and the termination of her benefits.
Marie Louise Boulin sustained a job-related…
A New York appellate court ruled that a group of workers were entitled to summary judgment on their Labor Law claim for a scaffold collapse and that the property owner was…
An Ohio appellate court upheld the termination of a worker’s temporary total disability benefits due to her voluntary abandonment of the workforce.
Case: State ex rel. Banks v. Industrial Commission, No.
The California Workers’ Compensation Institute named Gideon Baum, the former consultant to the state Senate committee that handled work comp bills, as its new chief operating officer.
Gideon Baum
Baum most…
A New York lawmaker is proposing to require the Workers’ Compensation Board to file annual reports with detailed claim statistics, starting in February 2025.
Sen. John W. Mannion
Senate Bill 7838,…