Virginia lawmakers passed bills that provide emergency dispatchers with coverage for post-traumatic stress disorder and allow two or more group self-insurance associations to merge.
The state House of Representatives on Monday…
Maryland lawmakers on Monday presented carryover legislation that would allow licensed certified social workers to diagnose injured workers with mental impairments.
HB 694, which was scheduled for a hearing March 1,…
Illinois lawmakers are considering a bill that would limit how cumulative trauma claims would affect insurance rates and includes language that holds previous employers liable.
Introduced Friday, SB 1305 states that…
The Pennsylvania Superior Court relieved a general contractor of liability for a $5,590,650.69 jury verdict in favor of an injured worker, finding the contractor was the worker’s statutory employer.
Case: Yoder…
A New York appellate court upheld a grant of summary judgment on a worker’s Labor Law claim for his injuries from being ejected from a power buggy.
Case: Pacheco v. Trustees…
A Louisiana appellate court ruled that an employer was not liable for death benefits for the fatal shooting of an employee by her boyfriend at her workplace.
Case: Hayes v. Church’s…