Employer Can’t Deny Comp Claim in Shooting Then Argue Immunity, Court Says April 26, 2024 An employer cannot deny a workers’ compensation claim on the grounds that a shooting injury was not work-related then turn...
‘It’s in the Mail’ Is Not Good Enough to Protest Workers’ Compensation Claim April 25, 2024 By Andrew G. Simpson A Connecticut employer lost its right to contest a workers’ compensation claim because although it mailed its notice to the...
Workers’ Comp Apportion Evals Must be Well-Reasoned, WV Supreme Court Says April 24, 2024 By William Rabb West Virginia law, like statutes in a number of states, allows employers to try and apportion contributions to a worker’s...
Once Praised, Settlement to Help BP Oil Spill Workers Leaves Most With Nearly Nothing April 22, 2024 By Travis Loller and Michael Phillis When a deadly explosion destroyed BP’s Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico, 134 million gallons of crude...
Cable Company Worker Electrocuted While Working on Utility Pole in Upstate New York April 22, 2024 A man working on a utility pole was electrocuted early Friday when low-hanging wires made contact with the basket of...
DeSantis Signs Bill Barring Local Worker Heat Protection Measures April 12, 2024 Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis this week signed into law a prohibition on local governments requiring worker protections from heat exposure,...
SC High Court Strikes ‘Troubling’ Denial of Comp Claim, Says Can’t Be Based on Stats April 12, 2024 By William Rabb An employer cannot use an ergonomics report, showing that a work injury is statistically unlikely, to deny a workers’ compensation...
Federal Investigation Begins into Fatal Crane Collapse in Fort Lauderdale April 9, 2024 FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Federal job safety officials began their investigation Friday into the collapse of a crane in...
Violence Against Nurses Climbed 5% Last Year, Report Shows April 9, 2024 Reported assaults on nurses jumped 5% across the United States in 2023, according to a new report, raising questions for...
Arrowhead Launching Commercial Auto Product in California April 5, 2024 Arrowhead General Insurance Agency Inc. in California launched a new commercial auto product. Arrowhead’s Commercial Auto is available to California...