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The Massachusetts Appeals Court upheld the dismissal of a worker’s claim based on her unreasonable conduct delaying the adjudication of her case.
Margarita Metaxas worked at Wheelhouse Bike Co. LLC for five days. Neither she nor any other employee reported or documented that Metaxas had fallen on June 1, 2019, her final full day of work.
Metaxas went to an urgent care clinic on June 2, 2019, complaining of low-back pain and… Read more »
The Delaware Supreme Court upheld a determination that an injured firefighter was not entitled to any recovery for a worsening back injury because it was a recurrence of a prior injury for which he had executed a release and settlement.
Case: Ferrell v. City of Wilmington, No. 152, 12/04/2025, published.
Facts… Read more »
A New York appellate court ruled that a Workers’ Compensation Board’s decision denying a worker’s claim for an occupational disease was not supported by substantial evidence.
Case: Matter of McGann v. Suffolk County Water Authority, No. CV-24-1249, 11/20/2025, published.
Facts: Frank McGann worked for the Suffolk… Read more »News: NORTH
The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the denial of a worker’s request to expand the scope of her claim for a left wrist injury.
Case: Sayre v. Toyota Motor Manufacturing WV Inc., No. 25-506, 11/25/2025, published.
Facts: Tedra Sayre worked for Toyota Motor Manufacturing WV Inc. She filed a workers’ compensation claim, asserting that she had injured her wrist at work in… Read more »
California's largest workers' compensation carrier said some of the changes that the Division of Workers' Compensation is proposing to its disability accommodation rules could create ambiguity that would make them harder to enforce.
The division in November opened an informal comment period on rules that would create a new form to file… Read more »The New Jersey Assembly Labor Committee passed a resolution that would designate April 18 as Worker Safety Day.
Assembly Joint Resolution 126 says there are more than 2.9 million deaths every year from unsafe working conditions, and 395 million nonfatal occupational injuries. In New Jersey, there were about 81 fatal work injuries in 2023 and thousands of other nonfatal injuries, according to the resolution by Assembly Majority Whip Carol… Read more »
Settlement season is here, and for many in the work comp game, it’s the most wonderful time of the year.
Every December, attorneys rush to and from their local Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board offices to make settlements happen before the end of the year. Most seasoned practitioners would agree that more settlements seem to happen in November… Read more »
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