In a trio of decisions, a Louisiana appellate court upheld awards of benefits to paper mill workers for their occupational hearing loss, as well as awards of attorney fees and…
A California appellate court upheld the dismissal of a dairy delivery driver’s tort claims against a cheese manufacturer, finding the Privette doctrine shielded the company from liability.
Case: Delgadillo v. Hilmar…
A New York appellate court upheld a finding that a nurse had only a partial disability from an assault by a psychiatric patient and that she did not have a…
The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that an occupational disease that manifests more than four years after an employee’s last exposure to hazards causing that disease is not subject to…
The Virginia General Assembly passed a bill that would allow group self-insurance associations to merge.
Del. William C. Wampler
The Senate on Feb. 16 voted 40-0 to pass HB 2418, by…
Bills introduced in the Montana Legislature would give employees the ability to choose their treating physicians in workers’ compensation cases and add testicular and cervical cancer to the list of…