Arizona lawmakers are considering legislation that would require the Industrial Commission to operate a public-facing database with information about workers’ compensation policies.
HB 2680 would require that the database provide information,…
West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a 12% permanent partial disability award to a worker for his loss of grip strength due to a compensable injury.
Case: Alliance Coal LLC…
A bill introduced in West Virginia on Monday would adopt a nearly 40-year-old federal standard for determining whether a worker is an employee or a contractor.
SB 1073 would repeal state-specific statutes…
The Georgia Supreme Court this month disbarred a claimants’ attorney who forged his clients’ signatures on checks and stole $159,615 in proceeds for his own purposes.
Bryan Matthew Pritchett failed to…
A New York appellate court upheld the establishment of a worker’s occupational disease claim for her elbows.
Case: Matter of Moe v. America Ootoya Chelsea, No. CV-24-0962, 02/05/2026, published.
Facts and procedural…
The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that the Workers’ Compensation Security Fund cannot be subjected to attorney fees because it does not fall within the statutory definition of an “insurer.”
Case:…