Alabama Jury: Delivery Worker to Get $1.9M After Fall at Dollar General Store March 20, 2023 An Alabama jury has decided that Dollar General stores must pay almost $2 million to a delivery worker who was...
Driver Flees After Hitting and Injuring Two Road Workers Near Atlanta March 14, 2023 Two road construction workers were hit by a car and seriously injured in suburban Atlanta early Sunday. Police tell local...
WV Lawmakers Cap Damages for Deliberately Putting Workers in Harm’s Way March 13, 2023 A bill that would cap some of the damages West Virginia workers and their families can receive if their employer...
Georgia Insulation Maker Fined $432,400 After Worker’s Head Injury March 10, 2023 The U.S. Occupational Health and Safety Organization has cited a Georgia insulation manufacturer after a 21-year-old worker suffered severe head...
Rite Aid Not Liable in Warehouse Shooting That Killed 3 Workers March 9, 2023 By Jim Sams Rite Aid is not liable for a mass shooting that killed three workers at a warehouse in Maryland; not because...
DOL Says It Recovered $330,000 from NC Contractor that Misclassified Workers March 7, 2023 The U.S. Department of Labor said it has recovered about $330,000 in back wages from a North Carolina contractor that...
Harford Mutual Insurance Group Announces Merger Plan with ClearPath Mutual March 3, 2023 Harford Mutual Insurance Group, a commercial P/C insurance company, announced its plan to merge with ClearPath Mutual Insurance Company, a...
Georgia House Votes to Raise Workers’ Comp Benefits, Still Lower than Other States March 2, 2023 By Insurance Journal Staff Reports The Georgia House of Representatives voted this week to raise the maximum workers’ compensation benefit amounts and to increase the...
Kentucky Man Dies in WV Coal Mine, First U.S. Mining Fatality This Year March 1, 2023 A coal miner has died in an incident in a southern West Virginia mine, Gov. Jim Justice said. William Mapes,...
Baddour Reappointed to NC Industrial Comm; Clement President of Alabama Agency February 28, 2023 North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has appointed Philip Baddour to a second six-year term as a full commissioner at the...