Report: Lawmaker Revives PTSD Bill
A Georgia senator revived a bill that would provide workers’ compensation coverage for first responders with post-traumatic stress disorder after a similar measure died in the lower chamber, according to…
Goldberg Segalla Adds Joseph A. Acosta to Princeton Group
Goldberg Segalla announced that Joseph A. Acosta will join the firm’s workers’ compensation group in Princeton, New Jersey.
Joseph A. Acosta
Acosta was previously with Capehart Scatchard in Mount Laurel.
Acosta concentrates…
BWC Hires Investment Director
The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation announced that Walt Stubbings joined the agency as director of investments.
Walt Stubbings
Stubbings assumed many of the duties and responsibilities of BWC co-chief investment officer…
Commission Applies Wrong Legal Standard to Deny Claim for Traumatic Brain Injury
The North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled that the Industrial Commission applied the wrong legal standard in denying a worker’s traumatic brain injury claim, but it upheld the commission’s imposition of discovery…
Worker Struck by Falling Brick Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim
A New York appellate court ruled that a worker struck by a falling brick was entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law claim.
Case: Mayorquin v. Carriage House Owner’s Corp.,…
Governor Nominates Commissioner for Reappointment
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper nominated Myra L. Griffin for reappointment as a member of the North Carolina Industrial Commission for a second six-year term starting July 1.
Myra L. Griffin
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