A federal appellate court upheld a black lung benefits award, finding a coal miner's employment caused legal pneumoconiosis that substantially contributed to his being totally
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A Texas appellate court upheld the dismissal of a worker’s challenge to the calculation of his temporary income benefit rate as moot.
Case: Davis v.
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West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a $1,500 penalty against a claims administrator for failing to act on an independent medical examiner’s report within
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A New York appellate court ruled declined to dismiss a malpractice suit alleging a law firm mishandled a workers’ compensation claim.
Case: Puccio v. Hoffman,
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The Division of Workers' Compensation will update studies on employer participation and access to care in 2027, according to a notice posted in the Texas
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Rand said in a new report that contradictory findings about provider participation trends and access to care in California's workers' compensation system "pose somewhat of
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The Intermediate Court of Appeals of West Virginia affirmed a Workers' Compensation Board of Review decision authorizing an arthroscopy of a firefighter's left wrist because
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The Tennessee Workers' Compensation Appeals Board affirmed a decision finding that a worker failed to prove that her alleged mental health injuries were primarily caused
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The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration fined a brickmaker in Pennsylvania nearly half a million dollars for allegedly knowingly exposing its workers to unsafe levels
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The Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation, in announcing its latest dividend Friday, said it has returned more money to employers since 2019 than it collected
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