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The Washington Court of Appeals rejected challenges to the reduction in compensation based on the survivorship options that two permanently and totally disabled workers selected for their pensions and their receipt of Social Security benefits.
James Lorkowski sustained an injury in the course of employment, and the Department of Labor & Industries found that he was permanently and totally disabled. The department approved him for pension benefits beginning in August 2020.
The department sent Lorkowski a letter informing him that… Read more »
The Illinois Appellate Court overturned a pension board’s denial of a police officer’s application for a line-of-duty disability pension.
Case: Guess v. Board of Trustees of the Dolton Police Pension Fund, No. 1-25-1327, 08/03/2026, unpublished.
Facts: Theresa Guess served as a police officer in the Village of Dolton. In March 2020, she… Read more »
A Texas appellate court upheld the dismissal of a worker’s claims against her employer as barred by exclusivity.
Case: Dudley v. East Texas Educational Insurance Association, No. 12-25-00179-CV, 07/31/2026, published.
Facts: Patricia Kay Dudley worked for Chapel Hill ISD as a paraprofessional and bus driver.
She suffered injuries at work in… Read more »News: NORTH
A divided New York appellate court ruled that a Labor Law defendant was not entitled to summary judgment dismissing the claims against it and that summary judgment should have been granted against it on a cross-claim for contractual indemnification.
Case: Mazzurco v. Broadway 52nd LP, No. 157381/17, 07/30/2026, published.
Facts:… Read more »
The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health cited three roofing companies in Los Angeles a combined $282,420 for multiple workplace safety violations following an inspection of a worker's fatal fall.
The agency commonly known as Cal/OSHA said in a statement that an employee repairing a roof leak at a two-story residential property in Westchester fell to his death… Read more »
A bill in Congress would mandate that injured federal workers receive medical treatment through managed care networks.
HR 9869 would also direct the Labor Department to establish treatment protocols for injured federal workers based on the best practices of the healthcare industry.
The bill would direct the head of each federal agency to contract with a managed care network to treat… Read more »
The Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission announced that a new validation step when uploading documents through WebFile will go into effect Thursday.
Before completing an upload, users will be asked to review selected documents and confirm they belong to the correct claim. Users will have to enter the last four characters of the claim number before documents can… Read more »Advertisements
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