The West Virginia Supreme Court unanimously upheld a denial of benefits for a worker’s hearing loss claim.
Case: Fragmin v. TC Energy Group LLC, No. 21-0660, 04/05/2023, published.
Facts: William Fragmin worked…
The workers’ compensation program that covers federal workers and postal employees lacked a pharmacy benefit manager to help contain costs, resulting in more than $320 million in excess spending for…
ICW Group Insurance Cos. promoted Mirek Wieczorek to senior vice president, head of reinsurance, where he will be charged with leading the growth strategy for ICW Re.
Mirek Wieczorek
Wieczorek joined…
A California Assembly committee passed bills that would give certain San Diego city workers a presumption that skin cancer is compensable and allow carriers to continue using debit cards to pay indemnity…
The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the closure of a coal miner’s claim for a crush injury over a dissenting justice’s concern that the court is developing a “disturbing pattern”…
The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ruled that the exclusive remedy provision of the Workers’ Compensation Act barred a retail worker from suing her employer for mishandling an incident where she…