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  • State: Nebraska
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Federal workplace safety inspectors fined a grain operator in Nebraska $536,965 for exposing workers to fire and explosion risks by allowing combustible dust to accumulate.

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  • State: Pennsylvania
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The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld the denial of a worker’s claim for penalties for his employer’s failure to pay for his prescribed medications.

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  • State: New York
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A New York appellate court ruled that a third-party suit against an allegedly injured worker’s employer should have been summarily dismissed.

Case: Hernandez v. Opera

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  • State: Pennsylvania
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The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania rejected an employer’s challenges to orders reinstating a worker’s benefits, the expansion of his claim and the imposition of penalties.

Case: Pennsylvania

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  • State: New York
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A New York appellate court upheld summary judgment for the defendants in a Labor Law case involving a worker’s fall from the roof of a

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  • State: Iowa
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The Iowa Court of Appeals dismissed an appeal from an order staying enforcement of a workers’ compensation award pending judicial review because the review process was completed.

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  • State: Pennsylvania
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The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania continues to reject repetitive challenges to the constitutionality of the state's new impairment rating evaluation process.

Case: Kittles v. City

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  • State: Nebraska
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The Nebraska Supreme Court upheld an award of benefits to a housekeeper for a respiratory injury brought on by wearing a used face mask during

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  • State: Illinois
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Long-tenured Illinois workers’ compensation attorney James K. Keefe Sr. died at the age of 68.

James K. Keefe Sr.
(kasslyfuneral.com)

Keefe died at his

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  • State: New York
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A New York appellate court upheld an arbitrator’s determination that a Workers' Compensation Board employee was properly terminated for misconduct.

Case: Matter of Henry v.

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