The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that a case had to be remanded for a judge to address whether a worker’s disability was a natural
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The South Dakota Supreme Court reinstated a decision by an administrative law judge denying a worker’s claim for additional treatment.
Case: Pham v. Smithfield Foods
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An Ohio appellate court upheld the summary dismissal of a worker’s civil actions against his employer, the general contractor of a project and a subcontractor for injuries
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The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld a determination that a worker had suffered a compensable injury to his foot, but ruled that the case had to
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A New York appellate court overturned the Workers’ Compensation Board’s denial of an extreme hardship application by a worker scraping by on $1,280 per month.
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The U.S. Department of Labor and a Newark roofing contractor have reached a $155,000 settlement agreement resolving litigation stemming from investigations last summer that found the
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The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld the denial of a worker’s claim due to her failure to link her ongoing complaints to her employment.
Case:
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A New York appellate court revived a nurse’s claim for repetitive use injuries, finding that the Workers’ Compensation Board used the wrong standard for denying
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Connecticut's labor board dismissed a complaint alleging that a city violated the Municipal Employee Relations Act by excluding overtime earnings when calculating work comp benefits
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The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania has ordered publication of its decision from earlier this year that found an Amazon employee was entitled only to temporary partial
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