A New York appellate court ruled that a defendant in a civil action was not entitled to amend its answer to assert a collateral estoppel

West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a denial of permanent partial disability benefits to a worker for her COVID-19 infection and post-COVID syndrome.

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The California Department of Industrial Relations announced that most of the non-emergency standards it adopted to prevent COVID-19 expired at the start of the month.

The Arizona House of Representatives unanimously passed a bill that would exempt certain noncomplying employers from being placed in the state's assigned risk plan.

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The Arkansas Court of Appeals upheld an award of temporary total disability benefits for a worker’s back injury.

Case: Arkansas Department of Transportation v. Evans,