Labor Law Defendant Gets Partial Summary Judgment
A New York appellate court ruled that a Labor Law defendant should have been granted summary judgment dismissing part of a claim against it.
Case: Lacruise v. Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center,…
Court Upholds Hearing Loss Award From Worker’s Previous Employer
West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld an award of benefits for a worker’s hearing loss from the employer prior to his current one.
Case: Altivia Services LLC v. Boster, No. 25-ICA-206,…
State Agency: Asbestos-Removal Company Exposed Workers to Toxic Materials, Misled Investigators
An asbestos-removal contractor faces a stiff fine for knowingly exposing its workers to hazardous materials even though it told state workplace inspectors that a heavily contaminated jobsite was safe.
Seattle Environmental Services LLC was cited in late…
NCCI Opens Registration for AIS 2026
The National Council on Compensation Insurance opened registration for its 2026 Annual Insights Symposium, being held May 11-13 at the JW Marriott Grande Lakes in Orlando, Florida.
Donna Glenn
NCCI Chief…
Administration Posts Criteria for Calculating LHWCA Deposits
The U.S. Department of Labor issued guidance outlining how it will calculate required security deposits for insurers under the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, describing the move as regulatory…
Single-Payer Proposal Returns to Legislature
A California lawmaker is gearing up for a third run at creating a single-payer health care system that once again would defer to an advisory board the question of how…