The Missouri Division of Workers’ Compensation would be able to assess employers and insurers a special surcharge to support the state’s Second Injury Fund through 2028, under recently introduced legislation.
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New York and Maryland lawmakers will consider legislation that would provide workers’ compensation benefits to certain first responders who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder.
SB 3367, introduced Tuesday in New York…
The Idaho state House of Representatives unanimously passed a bill that would ensure first responders can continue to receive benefits for post-traumatic stress disorder without an accompanying physical injury past…
A Texas appellate court upheld a jury’s award of lifetime income benefits to a worker for a traumatic brain injury, finding it caused “incurable imbecility.”
Case: El Paso Independent School District…
A California appellate court upheld a determination that the state Department of Transportation could not be held liable for the death of a contractor’s worker who was struck by a drunk…
The West Virginia Supreme Court revived a worker’s request to expand the scope of his claim to include additional knee conditions.
Case: Ferrell v. Northwest Hardwoods, No. 21-0208, 01/19/2023, published.
Facts: Mark…