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A divided Kentucky Supreme Court revived a lawsuit against two defendants, finding they had a duty to protect against foreseeable harm posed by their employees' exposing household members to asbestos dust.
Union Carbide Corp. was the manufacturer of asbestos-containing molding compounds purchased and used by Square D Co. during the 1960s and 1970s.
Ken Baxter began working for Square D in the late 1960s, and he allegedly worked… Read more »
A California appellate court upheld the summary dismissal of an injured worker’s civil claim against the contractor that hired his employer, finding the worker’s action failed due to the Privette doctrine.
The general contractor for a pedestrian bridge project in Menlo Park hired Ghilotti Construction Co. Inc. to provide “all labor, material, equipment,… Read more »
A New York appellate court ruled that a general contractor was entitled to partial summary judgment dismissing some of the claims against it in a Labor Law action, and that it was entitled to indemnification from a subcontractor who installed a defective ceiling.
Case: Fernandez v. Sub 412 Associates LLC, No. 161024/17, 595145/20, 595264/20, 02/24/2026, published.
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A New York appellate court ruled that the owners and tenants of a property should have been granted partial summary judgment on a worker’s Labor Law claims for his injuries from being struck by a falling object.
Case: Butler v. Marco Realty Associates LP, No. 156776/17, 595506/18, 02/24/2026, published.
Facts: Larone Butler worked as a… Read more »
West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld an award of benefits to a worker for a closed head injury resulting from a fall.
Case: Gracious Dining LLC v. Lopez, No. 25-ICA-336, 02/27/2026, published.
Facts: Miriam Lopez worked for Gracious Dining LLC. She went to the hospital on Nov. 11, 2023, with complaints of a head injury and pain in her right wrist and left ankle after… Read more »A Pennsylvania appellate court ruled that a medical supply company is not a “health care provider” under the state’s workers' compensation law, affirming a denial of additional reimbursement for supplies provided to an injured worker.
In Scomed Supply v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co., the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania… Read more »
A California bill introduced Thursday would create a statewide certification system for fabrication shops working with engineered stone and other slab materials, tightening oversight of silica exposure risks.
Assembly Bill 2137 would require the Department of Industrial Relations, or Cal/OSHA, to develop an application and… Read more »
The California Division of Workers' Compensation updated the physician and practitioner section of the Official Medical Fee Schedule to incorporate Medicare's second-quarter changes.
The division said updates to the Physician and Non-Physician Practitioner Fee Schedule adopt the latest Medicare National Physician Fee… Read more »
New research illuminates a serious problem for injured workers: secondary psychological injuries resulting from the sheer hardship of navigating workers’ comp systems.
A report from Australia's Monash University examines the mental health impact of workers’… Read more »
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