The Texas Department of Insurance has issued a data call to all insurance companies licensed to write certain property and casualty lines of coverage the
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The Washington Supreme Court ruled that the traveling employee doctrine applies when a worker contracts an occupational disease while traveling for the job.
Case: Azorit-Wortham v.
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The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that the doctrine of res judicata barred a police officer from pursuing a claim for his COVID-19 infection.
Case: Zeller
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A New York appellate court overturned a grant of summary judgment for the defendants in a Labor Law action.
Case: Oliveira v. Rockaway Village Housing
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West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld the denial of authorization for a worker’s referral to a shoulder specialist, a magnetic resonance imaging scan and
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West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a finding of compensability for a worker’s knee injury from being kicked by an inmate.
Case: Monongalia County
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The Iowa Court of Appeals ruled that a deputy workers’ compensation commissioner erred in dismissing a worker’s claim for lack of causation and for lack
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Registration is still open for the Workers' Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau's 2025 geo study, which aims to provide fresh perspectives on regional trends shaping workers’ comp in
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The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld an award of benefits for a volunteer firefighter’s death from esophageal cancer.
Case: Upper Merion Township VFD v. Dolga
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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
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