The Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Commission is holding a judicial update Dec. 8 on Zoom.
Legal operations and outreach staff will cover important topics, the commission
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The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration fined a manufacturer of industrial gas $201,573 for what the agency called a preventable explosion that injured five
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A Texas appellate court ruled that a suit against a nonsubscribing employer constitutes "an action to collect workers' compensation benefits under the workers' compensation law”
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The Missouri Court of Appeals upheld the dismissal of a worker’s application for review based on her failure to comply with the minimum pleading requirements
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The Missouri Supreme Court upheld an award of permanent total disability benefits and future medical care to a nurse for a back injury from moving
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The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation announced the adoption of revised and new death benefit rules, an audit plan for prescriptions of gabapentin or pregabalin
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A Louisiana appellate court ruled that a school district employee could not maintain a tort action against a colleague and their employer for injuries from
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The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the closure of a worker’s claim based upon allegedly incorrect information.
Case: Miller v. Grant County Mulch Inc., No.
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For the second time in a month, a Virginia circuit court judge allowed a worker to move forward with a multimillion-dollar civil suit against an
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The U.S. Department of Justice announced that a federal jury in Texas convicted a doctor and the owners of a pharmacy of participating in a
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