A Louisiana appellate court ruled that a former employee can claim and receive supplemental earnings benefits after retirement, even if he admitted that his retirement was an independent decision and…
The Iowa Court of Appeals upheld an award of permanent total disability benefits to a worker following a head injury.
Case: MedPlast v. Pruis, No. 21-1650, 12/07/2022, published.
Facts: Timothy Pruis worked…
Workplace fatalities jumped 8.9% in 2021 from the prior year, while the fatal work injury rate increased only minimally during the same period, according to figures released Friday by the U.S.
The owner of a West Virginia moving company was sentenced to one year in federal prison for tax fraud and unpaid workers’ compensation premiums, federal prosecutors announced.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office…
The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that an employer cannot offset an overpayment of workers’ compensation benefits paid for one work-related injury through a credit against an award of benefits…
The number of Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspectors has fallen “steadily” from a high of 860 in 2014 to 750 in 2021, an issue that has made it difficult…