New York lawmakers are proposing to increase the threshold for determining whether certain medical procedures require prior approval and to prohibit using the list of
… Read more »The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld the denial of a widow’s claim for a truck driver’s fatal heart attack.
Case: Dnistranskiy v. Brite Logistics Inc.
… Read more »A New York appellate court said the Workers’ Compensation Board abused its discretion in rejecting an insurance carrier’s application for review based on its failure
… Read more »A New York appellate court ruled that the application of a special consideration did not preclude a schedule loss of use value for a worker’s
… Read more »New York employers that knowingly fail to provide workers’ compensation coverage would be subject to stop-work orders, under a bill introduced in the state Senate.
… Read more »A New York appellate court reinstated a bricklayer’s Labor Law claim for alleged injuries from being struck by falling bricks.
Case: Rzepka v. City of
… Read more »A New York appellate court ruled that a worker should have been allowed to amend his Labor Law action to add another claim, but it upheld
… Read more »The Supreme Judicial Court of Maine ruled that an employer was entitled to take the full Social Security offset against its obligation for a worker’s
… Read more »New Jersey lawmakers are considering raising fees for attorneys who represent injured workers.
The Senate last week voted 27-9 to pass bill S2822/A3986, which would
… Read more »The New Jersey Superior Court’s Appellate Division upheld the denial of a caregiver’s request to amend her complaint as well as the dismissal of her
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