A divided Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that a volunteer firefighter was entitled to benefits for cancer.
Case: Borough of Hollidaysburg v. Detwiler (WCAB), No.
… Read more »A New York appellate court upheld the suspension of a worker’s benefits due to her failure to demonstrate attachment to the labor market.
Case: Matter
… Read more »A New York appellate court upheld the apportionment of an injured truck driver’s disability between his most recent work accident and a decades-old accident.
Case:
… Read more »Federal workplace safety regulators fined a hardwood flooring manufacturer in Ohio $255,528 after a 23-year-old worker suffered a partial arm amputation.
The Occupational Safety and
… Read more »The Ohio Supreme Court ruled that a worker who was terminated for misconduct could not collect temporary total disability benefits after undergoing surgery for his
… Read more »A New York appellate court upheld the denial of a schedule loss of use award for a worker’s shoulder injury.
Case: Matter of James v.
… Read more »New York Gov. Kathy Hochul vetoed a bill that would have increased the threshold for determining whether medical procedures need prior approval.
… Read more »A workers' rights group filed a lawsuit asking the U.S. District Court for New Jersey to order the Labor Department to hand over records of
… Read more »An Ohio appellate court ruled that an employer participating in a group retrospective rating program was entitled to a writ of mandate.
Case: State ex
… Read more »The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that a worker’s claim to convert his benefits from temporary total disability to specific loss benefits was not moot because he
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