A California appellate court determined that the Privette doctrine entitled the defendants in a civil suit to summary judgment dismissing a worker’s claim for injuries
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The California Workers’ Compensation Institute on Monday said there’s a lack of evidence to support a legislative proposal to create a presumption that heat injuries
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The Maryland Appellate Court upheld the denial of a worker’s claim of occupational disease and accidental injury from his alleged chemical exposure.
Robert Butler worked
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The California Division of Workers’ Compensation on Friday reversed course on a proposal to eliminate physician dispensing fees for compound drugs in proposed pharmacy rules.
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A Florida appellate court ruled that a judge of compensation claims erroneously calculated a minor league baseball player’s average weekly wage.
Austin Sodders entered into
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A federal appellate court held that the California Legislature was well within its rights to require different tests to decide whether a gig worker is
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While workers’ compensation wasn’t among the top three concerns for California employers who responded to a Workers’ Compensation Action Network survey, more than half of
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The California Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board published an en banc decision Monday clarifying the process for rebutting the combined values chart in the Permanent Disability
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The California Division of Workers’ Compensation on Friday introduced rules to speed up the delivery of medical care by implementing provisions from bills passed nearly
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The Alaska Court of Appeals upheld the restitution order against a convicted workers’ compensation fraudster.
Scott Abraham Groom was convicted of taking more than $10,000 in state
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