The Mississippi Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a worker suffered a loss of wage-earning capacity from a back injury and an industrial loss

West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals ruled that workers with occupational pneumoconiosis claims have their benefits commence on the date of the Occupational Pneumoconiosis Board’s findings.

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The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited the Salvation Army after a worker fixing a leaky roof fell to his death last November.

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A Louisiana appellate court upheld the summary dismissal of two workers’ intentional tort claims against their statutory employer for their burn injuries in a refinery accident.

West Virginia’s Supreme Court upheld the denial of a worker’s request to expand the scope of his claim.

Case: Delsignore v. Timberline Logging Enterprises LLC,

The Mississippi Court of Appeals overturned a determination of the lump-sum payment of benefits owed to a worker.

Case: Mueller Industries Inc. v. Waits, No.