Proposed legislation filed in New York on Wednesday would create a COVID-19 presumption in workers’ compensation death benefits cases and also amend current comp law concerning temporary benefits.
Assembly Bill…
The Illinois Supreme Court ruled that a worker’s failure to disclose his pending personal injury action on his bankruptcy petition did not warrant summary judgment in favor of the defendants…
An Ohio appellate court ruled that a worker’s adult daughter did not qualify as his dependent even though she was relying on him for housing and financial support when he died.
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A New York appellate court overturned a partial grant of summary judgment for a construction worker on his Labor Law claim arising from an electric shock injury.
Case: Ruiz v. Roosevelt Terrance…
A New York appellate court ruled that a trial justice should not have decided a motion for summary judgment in a personal injury case until the Workers’ Compensation Board had…
A divided West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a denial of benefits to a health care worker for her back conditions, finding they had not arisen out of a workplace accident.
Case:…