The Tennessee Court of Appeal ruled that a property owner was entitled to summary judgment dismissing a personal injury suit by a longtime friend who broke his neck while helping with…
A Louisiana appellate court overturned a grant of summary judgment for an employer, finding the injured worker was an independent contractor subject to the manual labor exception to the general…
The California Division of Workers’ Compensation audit of 48 claims adjusting locations in 2022 identified $293,928 in unpaid benefits and led to fines against two firms totaling $155,659.
Under the division’s…
A federal appellate court ruled that an administrative law judge properly relied on the preamble to the Department of Labor’s regulatory definition of pneumoconiosis in finding a coal miner’s widow was…
The Missouri Court of Appeals upheld an award to a concrete truck driver for an occupational disease caused by his repeated exposure to the vibrations of his vehicle.
Case: Collins v.
The Washington Court of Appeals upheld a tax warrant against an employer for unpaid workers’ compensation taxes despite his claim he never received a notice of assessment.
Case: Department of Labor…