A scaffolding company must pay a $7,000 fine after an employee was seriously injured from a scaffold component that rolled off an upper level and struck his
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The Delaware Superior Court ruled that a sole proprietor’s election of coverage was sufficient to cover him under the policy issued to his business and that
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West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals ruled that a worker’s widow failed to link his dementia and death to his occupational hearing loss.
Case: Clark
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The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration said a stone product manufacturer in Georgia will pay $120,000 in penalties for exposing workers to respirable crystalline
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West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a finding that a worker was not entitled to additional temporary total disability benefits for his back injury.
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The Arkansas Court of Appeals upheld a finding that a worker was entitled to 50% wage-loss disability benefits.
Case: Arkansas Department of Transportation v. Payne,
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The North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled that an injured attorney was entitled to an award of attendant care and a penalty, and that his
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West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a finding of compensability for a firefighter’s knee injury.
Case: City of Wheeling v. Melsop, No. 24-ICA-379, 04/29/2025,
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West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld an award of temporary total disability benefits to a worker for a shoulder injury but rejected his claim of
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The Workers Compensation Research Institute said recent changes in overall costs per claim in Florida in 2022 and 2023 were largely the result of wage
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