Workers’ Compensation and COVID: More Data on Evolving Claims February 25, 2021 By Susanne Sclafane Workers’ compensation insurers aren’t getting the large aggregate volumes of COVID-related claims projected during the early months of the pandemic,...
Washington Court Upholds Authority to Pursue Charges in Workplace Death February 24, 2021 The Washington State Supreme Court has ruled that an employer can be charged with a felony in connection with a...
Worker Injuries Rise as Oklahoma Pork Plant Speeds Up Slaughtering February 23, 2021 By Tom Polansek and P.J. Huffstutter One of America’s leading pig slaughterhouses is running faster than ever as meatpackers hustle to keep pork in grocery stores...
California School Employee Arraigned for Workers’ Comp Fraud After Virus Diagnosis February 23, 2021 Stephanie Medrano, 33, of West Covina, Calif., was arraigned on Tuesday on multiple counts of grand theft and insurance fraud...
Judge Tosses Wife’s Suit Blaming Employer for Her Husband’s Covid February 22, 2021 By Joel Rosenblatt A federal judge tossed out a first-of-its-kind lawsuit that sought to hold an employer responsible for a worker’s spouse getting...
Bills That Help First Responders Hit by COVID-19 Advance in Virginia February 22, 2021 By Sam Fowler Virginia lawmakers have passed bills that allow certain first responders to file workers’ compensation benefits for being disabled from COVID-19,...
Viewpoint: Biometric Information Privacy Statutes Could Be a Minefield for Insurers February 19, 2021 By Brett A. Scher and Jean Y. Liu In recent years, there has been a dramatic increase in private entity use of biometric-dependent technology to assist with employee...
Wife Sues Husband’s Employer Over COVID-19 Infection February 18, 2021 By Joel Rosenblatt A federal judge is weighing what she called a first-of-its-kind lawsuit that would hold an employer responsible for a worker’s...
Barta Reappointed as Texas Injured Employee Public Counsel February 10, 2021 Jessica Barta has been reappointed as Texas’ Injured Employee Public Counsel, a role in which she has served since October...
It Could Have Been Worse. An Update on COVID-19 Impact on Workers’ Compensation. February 9, 2021 By Andrew G. Simpson While it obviously presented challenges, 2020 is looking like it may not have been such a bad year for workers’...