A California appellate court upheld the suspension of a State Compensation Insurance Fund attorney from her position due to her repeated failure of internal cybersecurity tests.
Case: Bedrossian v. California State Personnel Board (State Compensation Insurance Fund), No. B349445, 07/28/2026, unpublished.
Facts: Sylvia Bedrossian worked as a… Read more »
The Washington Court of Appeals upheld the denial of a worker’s claim as untimely.
Case: Kelifa v. Department of Labor & Industries, No. 89233-9-I, 07/20/2026, unpublished.
Facts: Samrawit Kelifa worked for Blanton Turner, a property-management company that manages on-campus student housing at Shoreline Community College.
Kelifa was pregnant when she started the… Read more »
The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a determination that a coal miner was entitled to benefits for a knee injury.
Case: ACNR Resources Inc. v. Asturi, No. 26-180, 07/30/2026, published.
Facts: Joseph Asturi worked for ACNR Resources Inc. as an underground coal miner. He allegedly twisted his knee when he stepped into a hole at work in July 2024.
Asturi claimed that… Read more »
The Assembly Appropriations Committee is scheduled to hear a bill Wednesday that would require carriers to report data related to possible premium fraud to the California Employment Development Department.
SB 536, by Sen. Bob Archuletta, D-Pico Rivera, would authorize insurers to submit employers' wage records and employee-count information to EDD.
The… Read more »Aug 4, 2026
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