The District of Columbia Court of Appeals ruled that when a worker’s injury increased his preexisting permanent partial disability, his schedule award was not subject to apportionment.
Case: Howard University Hospital…
The Alaska Supreme Court ruled that when calculating the compensation due to an injured worker, the cost-of-living ratio applicable to out-of-state recipients must be applied before the statutory provision setting…
The Nebraska Court of Appeals upheld the denial of a worker’s request for the appointment of a medical examiner, as well as her award of benefits for a concussion injury…
An unlicensed insurance agent who sold workers’ compensation coverage to businesses throughout California from 2012 through 2019 was sentenced to four years in prison and ordered to pay more than…
Licensed manicurists in California would be indefinitely exempted from the state’s so-called “ABC test” of employee status, under recently introduced legislation.
Manicurists who book their own appointments and set their own…
The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries fined three companies a combined $285,000 for knowingly putting workers at risk of exposure to COVID-19.
The department said United Natural Foods Inc.,…