Dollar General Faces $1.6M in OSHA Fines
Dollar General Corp. and Dolgencorp LLC, which owns more than 18,000 Dollar General discount stores in 47 states, are facing $1.6 million in new Occupational Safety and Health Administration fines…
Developer, Contractors Cited for Power Line Exposure
A New Jersey real estate developer and two contractors are facing a total of $518,037 in fines after allegedly and willfully exposing workers to dangerously energized power lines at a…
Worker Should Have Been Allowed to File Late Claim Against State Agency
A New York appellate court ruled that an allegedly injured worker should have been granted leave to file a late claim against a state agency, but not against a city.
Case:…
Worker’s Failure to Disclose Self-Employment Leads to Forfeiture of Benefits
A New York appellate court upheld the disqualification of a worker’s benefits because he failed to disclose he had performed work for his own business.
Case: Matter of Sausto v. Wildlife…
Court Upholds Summary Dismissal of Worker’s Disability Discrimination Claim
A California appellate court upheld the summary dismissal of a worker’s disability discrimination claim, finding he failed to prove he was able to work with or without reasonable accommodations.
Case: Vaca…
WCRI Webinar Will Cover State Trends
The Workers Compensation Research Institute is hosting a free 30-minute webinar Nov. 17 on its study of trends in Delaware’s workers’ compensation system.
Ramona Tanabe
WCRI’s study examines total claim costs,…