The derivative injury doctrine doesn’t shield a California employer from a lawsuit claiming its negligence in exposing a worker to COVID-19 resulted in the death
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The Iowa Supreme Court ruled that its supervisory orders tolling statutes of limitations, statutes of repose and similar deadlines because of the COVID-19 pandemic did not
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The Supreme Judicial Court of Maine ruled that a worker is not required to give notice of his occupational disease claim to his former employer's
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The Iowa Court of Appeals ruled that a worker’s widow was not entitled to death benefits for his suicide after he was terminated for insubordination.
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The Kentucky Court of Appeals ruled that a taxi driver was not entitled to workers’ compensation benefits after he was rendered paraplegic from being shot
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The Arkansas Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a forestry worker was entitled to a 50% impairment rating following the second of two injuries
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A divided Arkansas Court of Appeals upheld the suspension of the licenses of a pharmacy and pharmacist based on their communications with three workers’ compensation
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A divided North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled that a worker’s filing of a claim for benefits for an injury shortly before his death did
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Federal prosecutors are asking a judge to sentence Sam Solakyan to more than 15 years in prison for perpetrating what they characterize in court papers
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Frictional costs in California’s workers’ compensation system have come down a bit in recent years, but they’re still nearly twice as high as the median
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