NV - Court: Firefighter Fails to Prove Entitlement to PTD for Asthma
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The Court of Appeals of the State of Nevada affirmed a decision finding that a firefighter failed to establish that a restriction on fire suppression duties alone rendered him totally incapable of working in the role.
As a result, the court on Tuesday held that the evidence supports a hearing officer's determination that Timothy Gold was not eligible for permanent total disability benefits under the law governing occupational lung disease claims for first responders.
Gold, a Las Vegas firefighter, filed a workers' compensation claim in 2021 for occupational asthma. He retired in Apri
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The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania issued three more decisions finding that res judicata or collateral estoppel bars Philadelphia police officers from pursuing workers' compensation benefits for COVID-19.
The three unpublished decisions handed down Thursday involved similar fact patterns. The city provided "excused time" to officers who reported being diagnosed with COVID-19. The benefit allowed them to receive their full salaries without using other forms of accrued leave.
After the city ended the excused time benefit, the officers essentially argued that the excused
A Beaverton-based contractor with a history of safety violations was cited by state workplace authorities after an inspection revealed hazards that could seriously injure or kill workers.
Inspectors from the Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division, also known as Oregon OSHA, said employees with Luka's General Construction LLC were observed on the roof of a two-story house without proper protection for falls from as high as 19 feet. Oregon OSHA said workers were wearing their fall harnesses, but the lines were not tied off to a secure anchor.
Oregon wo
The U.S. Department of Justice reported that a federal grand jury in Minnesota returned an indictment accusing a staffing firm owner and his son of tax and wire fraud schemes.
According to the indictment handed down Thursday, Ku Kelvin Vue was owner and president of UniSelect Services Inc., a temporary staffing agency providing workers to clients in manufacturing and other industries. His son, Travis Vue, helped run the company.
The indictment charges the father and son with one count each of conspiracy to commit wire fraud for allegedly misrepresenting to clients that UniSelect maintained a
The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation is holding a hearing Oct. 27 to hear testimony from the National Council on Compensation Insurance and receive public comment on a proposed 7.4% rate cut for policies incepting on or after Jan. 1.
NCCI says in the rate filing that the latest data shows a decrease in lost-time claim frequency that is a key component of the overall recommended rate reduction.
"In addition, strong wage growth in Florida has contributed to lower loss ratios because payroll serves as the exposure base for workers' compensation," NCCI said. "This effect
A Texas appellate court ruled that an employer waived its ability to challenge an arbitrator’s determination that it could not compel arbitration of the claims by the family of a deceased employee.
Brandon Stroebel worked for Rudtruck Operating LLC. As part of his employment, Stroebel signed a mutual arbitration agreement.
One year later, Stroebel suffered fatal injuries while working at an oil and gas wellsite owned by Maverick Natural Resources LLC.
Stroebel’s heirs sued Rudtuck for gross negligence under the Workers’ Compensation Act and sued Maverick for wrongful death
The Illinois Appellate Court upheld the denial of a janitor’s repetitive trauma injury claim.
Case: Bowden v. IWCC, No. 1-25-1986WC, 10/09/2026, unpublished.
Facts: Jason Bowden worked as a janitor for Wilbur Wright College. Beginning in March 2020, Bowden allegedly began experiencing back pain.
He sought treatment for back pain from Dr. Gayathri Sundaresan in May 2021. He denied that any specific incident caused the pain.
Sundaresan diagnosed sciatica and prescribed Valium and Motrin. Bowden never filled the Valium prescription.
Bowden returned to see Sundaresan in July 2021. Sunda
A New York appellate court ruled that a Labor Law defendant was properly granted leave to amend its response to a notice to admit and that it was properly granted summary judgment dismissing the complaint.
Case: Laignelet v. City of New York, No. 2025-00278, 10/07/2026, published.
Facts: Jarnells E. Laignelet allegedly fell from a ladder while working inside a building at 79-25 Winchester Boulevard in Queens.
Procedural history: Laignelet filed suit against the City of New York, asserting claims for negligence and violations of the Labor Law.
After the city answered the complaint, Lai
A New York appellate court ruled that an injured worker’s employer was not entitled to summary judgment dismissing the contractual indemnification claims against it.
Case: Robles v. Fordham Valentine Associates LLC, No. 816226/21, 10/08/2026, published.
Facts: Hector Robles worked for Top Notch Finishes Inc. as a carpenter. He suffered injuries while moving drywall boards, which were used in Top Notch's carpentry work, from the first floor of a building to the basement.
Robles was performing this work under the directives of his foreman and in accordance with Top Notch's
A tunnel collapse near Knights Ferry that left one worker dead and another seriously injured resulted in $212,500 in penalties against two companies, according to the state workplace safety agency Cal/OSHA.
Drill Tech Drilling & Shoring Inc. and Provost & Pritchard Engineering Group Inc. were building a 12,000-foot diversion tunnel for the South San Joaquin Irrigation District when it collapsed in April, resulting in fatal injuries to Twyla Capurro, a 35-year-old geologist.
Cal/OSHA determined that both companies failed to adequately support dangerous ground inside the tunnel.
The Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission has sworn in two new deputy commissioners who will serve as administrative law judges and hold evidentiary hearings.
The commission held a swearing-in ceremony on Wednesday for Adam L. Katz and Jason A. Mullins.
Katz will be based in the commission's headquarters in Richmond.
He worked in the state Attorney General's Office, representing Virginia in workers' compensation cases before joining the commission.
Before moving to Virginia, he represented employers and insurers in workers' compensation cases in Georgia.
The Idaho Department of Insurance announced that it has accepted a filing from the National Council on Compensation Insurance that will result in an overall average workers' compensation rate decrease of 0.1%, effective Jan. 1.
"While modest, the reduction continues Idaho’s long-term trend of stable and declining workers’ compensation costs for employers," the department said in a statement.
With the 10th consecutive cut, workers’ compensation rates have declined in 11 of the past 12 years. The latest reduction reflects continued improvements in claims frequen
The Workers Compensation Research Institute has opened registration for its 2027 annual Issues and Research Conference, being held March 11-12 in Boston.
The event will cover WCRI's latest research on topics that include economic conditions and how they impact claims, access to care, mental health coverage, prescription drug payments and other benchmark findings.
Yale Health Economist Zack Cooper is scheduled to deliver the keynote address that will cover the drivers of growth and geographic variation in the general healthcare system, the effect of competition in hospital and insurance m
The Oklahoma Supreme Court rejected the contention that a state civil service law creates a constitutionally protected property interest in continued public employment and held that a lower court erred in finding the statutory framework for termination violated due process.
What's more, the trial court also misapplied the burden of proof and improperly reweighed the evidence when it reversed the decision of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services upholding the termination of Michael J. Turner.
Turner, a power plant maintenance technician for the Grand River Dam Authority, suffer