ANAHEIM, Calif. — Employers are gearing up for negotiations over permanent disability benefits and broader reforms next year, the chief lobbyist for the California Coalition
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New York City and Colorado are moving ahead with workplace heat protections as employers face an increasingly fragmented patchwork of state and local requirements, while
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A New York appellate court ruled that part of a worker’s Labor Law action should have been dismissed on summary judgment, and that the third-party
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West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld the expansion of a worker’s claim to include additional injuries from being struck by an excavator.
Case: Rob Juszczak
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An Ohio appellate court upheld an award of permanent total disability benefits for a healthcare worker’s back injury.
Case: State ex rel. HCR ManorCare Inc.
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The Nebraska Supreme Court ruled that a district court has equitable jurisdiction to vacate an order of the compensation court.
Case:1 Cono Contracting LLC v.
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The Colorado Court of Appeals ruled that once the Industrial Claim Appeals Office receives the certified record in a workers’ compensation benefits appeal, it cannot
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In a case of first impression, a Texas appellate court ruled that the Liability Arising From Farm Animals Act applied to a worker’s fatal accident,
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A federal appellate court ruled that a healthcare worker raised a viable claim of disability discrimination against her employer for denying her request for a
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A Tennessee workers' compensation judge did not violate a Walgreens Co. worker’s due process rights by delaying an expedited benefits hearing after the worker said
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