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A divided Ohio Supreme Court upheld a worker's enhanced award for injuries from a conveyor belt accident due to his employer's violation of a specific safety requirement.
Keith Rice worked in the maintenance department for Whirlpool Corp.
On Nov. 28, 2017, after learning that multiple conveyors were not working, Rice walked the machine lines to identify the problem.
Rice came to a point that required him to cross over a conveyor. The… Read more »
A federal appellate court upheld summary judgment dismissing an injured longshoreman’s claims of vessel negligence against a technical manager.
Case: Renteria v. Grieg Star AS, No. 25-20131, 03/06/2026, published.
Facts: Balvina Renteria was a longshore worker employed by Cooper/Ports America. On her third day of unloading cargo… Read more »
A Texas appellate court upheld a take-nothing judgment on an injured longshoreman’s negligence claims.
Case: Norman v. Kahn Scheepvaart BV, No. 14-24-00176-CV, 03/31/2026, published.
Facts: Kahn Scheepvaart BV owns and operates the M/V Fairload. In June 2015, the Fairload docked at the Port of Houston. It was… Read more »News: NORTH
A New York appellate court ruled that a worker should have been granted partial summary judgment on his Labor Law claims and that the defendant should have been awarded conditional contractual indemnification from a third party.
Case: Stewart v. JMDH Real Estate Offices LLC, No. 159073/20… Read more »
The Ohio Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that the state Bureau of Workers’ Compensation must administer its group retrospective rating program for the 2018 policy year, despite having issued full premium refunds to employers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In State ex rel. Kent Elastomer Prods. Inc. v. McCloud, the court affirmed a lower court’s decision granting… Read more »The Louisiana House Education Committee voted unanimously Tuesday to advance legislation aimed at strengthening protections for teachers and other school employees in cases involving student assaults.
HB 283 would require the immediate suspension and removal of a student accused of assaulting or battering a school employee, regardless of whether the… Read more »
Lawmakers in Louisiana are considering legislation that would revise key aspects of the state’s workers' compensation system, including how maximum medical improvement is defined and how long certain wage-loss benefits are paid.
HB 1101, introduced Tuesday, would for the first time define maximum medical improvement, or MMI, in statute as… Read more »
CopperPoint Insurance on Wednesday named Kellen Booher president and CEO, succeeding Marc Schmittlein, who is retiring from the role after leading the company’s transformation over the past decade.
Booher joined the Phoenix-based workers' compensation and commercial insurer in 2025 as president and chief operating officer, overseeing… Read more »
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