A California appeals court on Thursday held that a workers’ compensation insurer properly canceled an employer’s policy after the employer failed to respond to repeated
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A Pennsylvania appeals court on Tuesday ruled that a satellite dish installer was an employee, not an independent contractor, but that Dish Network should not
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A federal appellate court denied an employer’s petition for review of an award of black lung benefits to its employee.
Case: Bluff Spur Coal Corp.
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A federal appellate court ruled that an insurance carrier did not have a duty to defend an employer from a lawsuit by the estate of
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An Ohio appellate court partially revived a Bureau of Workers' Compensation employee’s claim of disability discrimination against his employer.
Case: O’Brien v. BWC, No. 25AP-608,
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The Washington Court of Appeals upheld an offset against a worker’s temporary total disability benefits based on her receipt of Social Security disability insurance benefits.
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The California Assembly Appropriations Committee sent to its suspense file a bill that aims to reduce premium fraud by allowing insurers and the Employment Development
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The California Supreme Court rejected a strict exhaustion requirement as a prerequisite for insureds to bring claims against excess carriers.
"We conclude that an insured
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The Commonwealth Court ruled that a police officer’s claim for benefits based on his contraction of COVID-19 was barred by res judicata.
Case: Bolds v.
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A Texas appellate court ruled that the family of a deceased worker needed to bring claims against his employer’s insurance carrier before the Division of
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