A New York appellate court ruled that a property owner was entitled to common-law indemnification from a general contractor for an injured worker’s Labor Law claim.
Case: Ignatowski v. Ledgestone Village LLC, No. 731 CA 24-00840, 10/10/2025, published.
Facts: Matthew Ignatowski worked for LJ Construction WNY LLC, the general contractor for the construction of a six-unit residential apartment building on property owned by Ledgestone Village LLC.
Ledgestone and LJ Construction were… Read more »
The Virginia Court of Appeals ruled that an employer was not entitled to intervene in an injured employee’s third-party tort action.
Case: Liberty Baptist Church v. Chalasinski, No. 1103-24-1, 10/21/2025, unpublished.
Facts: Jack Chalasinski worked for Liberty Baptist Church. While he was driving, he collided with a car driven by Desmond Younger. Chalasinski sustained serious… Read more »
Delaware Insurance Commissioner Trinidad Navarro on Thursday announced a ninth consecutive voluntary market loss cost reduction.
Loss costs will decrease by an average of 11.6% on Dec. 1. The average residual market rate will go down by 9.08%.
Navarro said in a statement that businesses in the state used to pay some of the highest workers' compensation premiums in the country. Now,… Read more »
Pennsylvania-based managed care organization MedRisk named Dr. Dorian Kenleigh as its new national medical director.
Kenleigh is board-certified in preventive medicine and occupational and environmental medicine and has served in leadership roles spanning clinical care, utilization management and medical informatics, the company said.
As medical director, he will provide clinical… Read more »
The Workers' Compensation Institute opened registration for its annual conference, being held in Orlando in August.
The WCI 2026 Conference — the 80th annual Workers' Compensation Educational Conference and 37th Safety & Health Conference — will feature more than 150 educational sessions and more than 250 exhibitors.
The conference is Aug. 23-26 at the Orlando World Center… Read more »Nov 7, 2025
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Career Services at California Lutheran University presents the Career & Intern Expo 2026, which wi …