The New Hampshire Supreme Court upheld an award of benefits for a worker’s suicide, finding competent evidence supported a conclusion the worker’s death was causally-related
… Read more »A New York appellate court overturned a grant of summary judgment to the defendants in a Labor Law claim.
Case: Holler v. Dominion Energy Transmission
… Read more »A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law claim based on his fall from a
… Read more »The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld an award of hearing loss benefits for a long-time utility worker.
Case: First Energy Nuclear Operating Co. v. Koch
… Read more »Federal workplace safety inspectors fined a Wisconsin roofing contractor $180,469 for allegedly exposing workers to deadly fall hazards twice in less than two weeks.
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… Read more »A New York appellate court ruled that an injured worker should have been granted summary judgment on his Labor Law claim, and that his employer
… Read more »The New Jersey Superior Court’s Appellate Division ruled that a hospital could not attempt to recast its patients' assigned claims for workers' compensation benefits as
… Read more »The Commonwealth Court rejected a worker’s constitutional challenges to the modification of his disability benefits from total to partial.
Case: Dennell v. City of Philadelphia
… Read more »The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that a worker is in the course of employment when his employer authorizes a vehicle to operate for business expressly authorized by the
… Read more »The New Jersey Commission of Banking and Insurance approved a 3.9% rate cut for workers’ compensation and employers’ liability policies incepting on or after Jan.
… Read more »Jul 29 – Aug 2, 2024
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