A California appellate court reinstated an injured worker’s civil suit against a homeowner who had hired an unlicensed contractor to paint her home.
Case: Gonzalez v. Washington, No. D085345, 06/25/2026, unpublished.
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The Oregon Workers’ Compensation Division is holding a hearing in July on rules that would give nurse practitioners and physician associates the same treatment authority as physicians and surgeons.
Lawmakers this…
The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and Workforce recently passed bills that would give the Department of Labor access to federal jobs data and allow the agency to…
A Texas appellate court upheld the summary dismissal of a claim for death benefits by the family of a worker who died in a motor vehicle accident while traveling home,…
A divided Oregon Court of Appeals ruled that the Workers’ Compensation Board erred in failing to require a carrier to produce evidence that a worker’s accepted condition was not the…
A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for his fall from a ladder.
Case: Ochoa v. 3475 Third Avenue…