The Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation announced that the owner of a water removal and restoration company was ordered to pay $15,944 in restitution for
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An Ohio lawmaker introduced legislation that would create a $50,000 penalty payable to firefighters whose employer loses an appeal of a benefit award on a
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The Illinois Appellate Court ruled that a circuit court judge should not have overturned a decision by the Workers’ Compensation Commission that found a worker’s cervical
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The Illinois Appellate Court upheld an award of $5,782,349.85 for a restaurant worker’s death from anaphylactic shock after he ate a free meal that contained
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A New York appellate court overturned a grant of summary judgment for a worker on his Labor Law claim and for dismissal of the affirmative defenses.
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The Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission announced that former arbitrator Peter Alan Akemann died of cancer at 73.
Akemann was an arbitrator for 18 years, starting
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A New York appellate court upheld a determination that a worker was not entitled to an award of fees payable from a penalty imposed on
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A bill in Wisconsin would increase fines for employers that misclassify workers for lower workers' compensation premiums or forgo coverage altogether.
The current fine for employers
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A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was entitled to a schedule loss of use award.
Case: Matter of Romero v. Akorn Inc.,
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The Illinois Appellate Court upheld the denial of an injured police officer’s request to extend his duty disability benefits a fifth time.
Case: Budlove v.
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