The Connecticut Appellate Court upheld the dismissal of a worker’s intentional tort claim against his employer based on alleged injuries from industrial exposure to paint.
Case: Lavette v. Stanley Black &…
A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for a fall from a scaffold and that the property owner…
The California Department of Insurance announced that an actress is facing two felony counts of workers’ compensation fraud for allegedly receiving $90,000 in benefits while working on a television show.
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Industry observers who gathered in Washington, D.C., Monday to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the National Commission on State Workers’ Compensation report said states have been moving further away from…
An Ohio appellate court upheld an award of temporary total disability benefits to a school district employee for a substantial aggravation of a preexisting major depressive disorder.
Case: State ex rel.
The Georgia Court of Appeals upheld a grant of summary judgment denying an insurance carrier the ability to assert a lien against a worker’s third-party recovery.
Case: Donegal Mutual Insurance Group…