
West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a 12% permanent partial disability award to a worker for his loss of grip strength due to a
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The Florida Senate unanimously passed a bill that would allow first responders to use a preemployment physical examination from a former employer to invoke the
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Legislation introduced in Georgia would increase temporary disability and death benefits and revise the process for reinstating benefits when an effort to return an injured
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The Arkansas Court of Appeals upheld the denial of benefits to a worker who failed to present evidence of a compensable injury supported by objective
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West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals overturned a denial of benefits for a nurse injured in a fall in her employer’s parking lot as she was returning
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“Numerous safety hazards” were found at an Alabama site where workers were fatally exposed to sewage gases, the U.S. Labor Department said.
Investigators with the
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West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals vacated an award of permanent partial disability benefits to a miner because of deficiencies in the Board of Review's analysis.
Case:
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The Virginia House of Delegates unanimously passed a bill that would provide workers' compensation coverage for the exacerbation of preexisting mental health conditions without an
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West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals vacated an award of 0% permanent partial disability to a longtime mine worker, finding the Board of Review failed
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A divided Virginia Court of Appeals ruled that workers’ compensation exclusivity barred a worker from pursuing a civil suit against his statutory co-employees.
Case: Villarroel
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