Essential Workers With COVID-19 Face Workers’ Compensation Uncertainty July 13, 2020 By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar Lauded for their service and hailed as everyday heroes, essential workers who get the coronavirus on the job have no...
Worker Injured at Construction Site Can Sue Under Massachusetts’ Statute of Limitations July 8, 2020 By Elizabeth Blosfield A worker injured at a Massachusetts construction site can sue under the state’s three-year statute of limitations despite being a...
Injured Workers Pharmacy Will Pay $11M to Settle Complaint By Mass. AG’s Office July 6, 2020 A mail-order pharmacy that fought frequent court battles against workers’ compensation insurers will pay $11 million and change its business...
Missouri Contractor Fined $224K after Trench Collapse, Employee Injuries June 30, 2020 A Missouri contractor has been cited by federal workplace safety officials for trenching and excavation violations after an employee suffered...
Families of 3 Deceased Workers Sue Tyson Over Iowa Virus Outbreak June 29, 2020 By Ryan J. Foley The families of three workers who died after contracting the coronavirus in an Iowa meat plant outbreak sued Tyson Foods...
Iowa Lawmakers Dispute Finding of No Violations at Tyson Plant Despite Deaths June 25, 2020 By Ryan J. Foley Iowa’s workplace safety agency says an inspection did not uncover any violations at Tyson Foods’ largest pork processing plant, where...
Gas Line Explosion in Central Arkansas Injures 4 Workers June 23, 2020 Four workers were injured on June 18 when the gas main they were repairing erupted in flames, officials said. The...
There’s Plenty of Room for Improvement in U.S. Commercial Lines: Fitch June 22, 2020 By Susanne Sclafane With an industry overall combined ratio for 2019 hovering just below 100, and individual lines like long-tail liability moving 10...
MEMIC to Distribute Early $17M Dividend for Eligible Maine Policyholders June 18, 2020 In recognition of economic stress being experienced by many of its 18,000 Maine workers’ compensation insurance policyholders, Portland, Maine-based MEMIC’s...
COVID-19 Keeps 100s Off the Job at South Dakota Smithfield Plant June 18, 2020 Hundreds of workers are still absent from the Smithfield meatpacking plant in Sioux Falls because of the coronavirus pandemic, according...