Workers' compensation is the exclusive remedy for the negligence claims of a worker who was fired after getting into a fight with a supervisor over
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The U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed a bill that would authorize the Department of Labor to stop payments to medical providers convicted of fraud
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Travelers Cos. reported that 37% of workplace injuries occurred during a worker's first year on the job and that first-year injuries made up roughly 34%
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The U.S. House Education and Workforce Committee narrowly passed a bill that would prohibit the Occupational Safety and Health Administration from adopting indoor and outdoor
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The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld an award of benefits to a worker struck by a car as she was jaywalking across a street to
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The Delaware Superior Court upheld a denial of benefits to a third-grade teacher who suffered a spinal stroke at work, leaving her paraplegic.
Case: Johnson v.
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A divided District of Columbia Court of Appeals ruled that it lacked jurisdiction over a widow’s challenge to the denial of her request for an
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A New York appellate court upheld a grant of summary judgment on a worker’s Labor Law claim and reinstated some of the indemnification claims by the
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An employer's knowledge that a worker holds a second job is enough to establish concurrent employment for average weekly wage calculations, even if the worker
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The International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions and the American Association of Payers, Administrators, and Networks' Pharmacy Benefit Manager Council are holding a
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