The California Workers’ Compensation Institute reported that a nearly eightfold increase in migraine drug prescriptions coincided with the emergence of several high-cost drugs that are
… Read more »The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld an increase in a worker’s permanent partial disability award for a shoulder injury.
Case: ACNR Resources Inc. v. Martie,
… Read more »The Arkansas Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a worker was entitled to additional treatment for a foot injury, as well as the Workers’
… Read more »The Iowa Supreme Court on Friday suspended the license of a Des Moines-area sole practitioner with a long history of discipline involving the mishandling of
… Read more »The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health cited a farm labor contractor $17,550 for violating heat illness prevention standards.
Cal/OSHA said it opened an
… Read more »A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was properly granted summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for a workplace slip-and-fall injury.
Case: Oliveira
… Read more »The New York State Workers’ Compensation Board is reopening most offices for in-person services today.
The board said the reopening of the Manhattan and Queens
… Read more »The South Carolina Supreme Court reissued its decision upholding an injured worker’s award but questioned the continued viability of its case law allowing an employer
… Read more »The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a denial of benefits for a hospital maintenance worker’s COVID-19 infection.
Case: Morrill v. Lifepoint Hospitals Inc., No. 23-461,
… Read more »Federal workplace safety inspectors fined a grain operator in Nebraska $536,965 for exposing workers to fire and explosion risks by allowing combustible dust to accumulate.
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