The Iowa Court of Appeals ruled that an employer was not entitled to apportion a worker’s permanent impairment to a preexisting degenerative condition.
Case: Newton Community School District v. Hubbard-McKinney, No.
A New York appellate court ruled that a worker injured in a scaffolding collapse should have been granted summary judgment on his Labor Law claim.
Case: Francis v. 3475 Third Ave.
The Arkansas Court of Appeals ruled that a worker could not transfer his structured settlement payments from an annuity to resolve his Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act claim.
Case: Metropolitan Tower Life…
A New York appellate court overturned a grant of summary judgment for the defendants in a Labor Law claim, finding triable issues still existed as to the cause of the…
The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled that a deputy sheriff’s entitlement to benefits for his post-traumatic stress disorder ended once his psychiatrist found he no longer met the criteria for the diagnosis.
Case:…
A divided Tennessee appellate court elected to ignore the deficiencies in a municipal employer’s briefing to address the merits of a dispute with a former employee and find the partial…