The Kentucky Court of Appeals upheld the denial of coverage for a worker’s opioid medication.
Case: Howell v. Floyd County Board of Education, No. 2024-CA-0122-WC,
… Read more »Federal prosecutors in Florida announced that five people were indicted on fraud charges for an alleged labor contracting scheme that was structured to avoid payroll
… Read more »The Kentucky Court of Appeals upheld the calculation of a worker’s average weekly wage that includes a lump sum of vacation pay with her wages, and
… Read more »Federal workplace safety regulators fined a Texas manufacturer and designer of school furniture, saying the company could have prevented an injury by installing machine guards.
… Read more »The Arkansas Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a worker was not permanently and totally disabled by the loss of her left eye.
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… Read more »A split Mississippi Court of Appeals upheld a finding that a worker’s compensable right-foot injury did not leave her permanently and totally disabled and that her
… Read more »A Louisiana appellate court ruled that an injured firefighter’s benefits were wrongly reduced and that he was entitled to full reinstatement, plus an award of
… Read more »Federal workplace safety officials fined an Alabama countertop installation company $29,035, saying it could have prevented a worker's death by following federal safety standards.
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… Read more »A Texas appellate court dismissed an insurance carrier’s challenge to a trial judge’s finding of compensability for a worker’s death, ruling that the judgment entered
… Read more »West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a worker was not entitled to an increase in his permanent partial disability award for
… Read more »Jun 11-13, 2025
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