A federal appellate court ruled that a healthcare worker raised a viable claim of disability discrimination against her employer for denying her request for a medical exemption from receiving a COVID-19 vaccine because of a condition caused by a work-related injury.
Case: Klimek v. CentraCare Health System, No. 25-1837,… Read more »
A Louisiana appellate court ruled that a man's pursuit of a workers’ compensation claim did not allow him to avoid having his civil suit against a property owner be deemed abandoned.
Case: Goudeau v. Formosa Plastics Corp., No. 2025 CA 1330, 06/16/2026, published.
Facts and procedural history: Kenneth R. Goudeau filed suit against Formosa Plastics Corp., seeking damages for an… Read more »
The West Virginia Supreme Court ruled that a worker was not entitled to additional temporary total disability benefits or to expand the scope of her claim, but she should not have been denied a cold compression therapy unit and shoulder wrap for her compensable injury.
Case: Gee v. ACNR Resources Inc., No. 25-728, 06/26/2026,… Read more »
A New York appellate court ruled that a worker should have been granted summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for his fall from a ladder.
Case: Gomez v. Brookfield Properties One WFC Co. LLC, No. 151809/24, 595462/25, 06/23/2026, published.
Facts: Jimmy Mejia Gomez fell from an 8-foot A-frame ladder while installing… Read more »Jul 7-9, 2026
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