Mississippi Poultry Plant Settles With OSHA After Teen’s 2023 Death August 20, 2024 HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi poultry processing plant has agreed to a settlement with the U.S. Department of Labor...
Client Mix-up Leads to Lawsuits, Bar Complaint Against Mississippi Comp Lawyer August 16, 2024 By William Rabb What’s in a name? Thousands of dollars, a lost job, denied insurance coverage and the possibility of a suspended law...
West Virginia Governor Touts 20th-Straight Workers’ Comp Loss Cost Decrease August 13, 2024 The National Council on Compensation Insurance is recommending a 9.1% decrease in workers’ compensation loss cost projections for the West...
Employer’s Clinic May Not be Protected by Workers’ Comp Remedy, SC Court Says August 13, 2024 By William Rabb The South Carolina Court of Appeals has signaled that employers who offer on-site health clinics may not be immune from...
Travelers: Costliest Claims Driven by Most Common Workplace Accidents August 6, 2024 Analysis of 1.2 million workers compensation claims reveals the costliest claims are driven by the most common workplace accidents, according...
Authorities Investigating After Worker Killed at Tampa Airport by Falling Equipment August 5, 2024 A worker who was fatally injured at Tampa International Airport last week was struck by a piece of heavy equipment...
Deputy ID’d in Florida Shooting That Killed One, Injured 2 Other Officers August 5, 2024 Authorities have released the name of a Florida sheriff’s deputy killed in what officials called an ambush shooting that wounded...
Woman Dies in West Virginia’s Second Coal Mine Fatality This Year July 26, 2024 By John Raby CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia woman died Wednesday more than a week after an accident at a southern...
Morgan & Morgan Vows to Fight Proposed Class Action on ‘Botched’ Injury Claims July 24, 2024 By William Rabb Morgan & Morgan calls itself the nation’s largest injury law firm, with offices in most states. But perhaps the Orlando-founded...
Georgia Appeals Court Questions Insolvency Pool’s Subrogation in Comp Cases July 18, 2024 By William Rabb Georgia employers and their workers’ compensation insurers can rest a little easier after an appeals court this week narrowed the...