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Ex-State Trooper Charged With Comp Fraud 06/20/2025
State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
A former state trooper has been arrested and charged with fraudulently collecting more than $8,000 in workers’ compensation benefits while employed by the Connecticut Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection. ...Read More
 
 

Employer Can Proceed With Malicious Prosecution Claim Against Counsel for Injured Ex-Employee 06/16/2025
State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
A California appellate court upheld the denial of a special motion to strike a malicious prosecution action filed by an employer against a law firm and three attorneys who represented a former employee in a wrongful termination suit against it. ...Read More
 
 

Exclusivity Doesn't Bar Worker's Civil Suit Over Mold-Infested Workspace 06/10/2025
State: NC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
The North Carolina Court of Appeals revived a worker’s civil suit against the owners of the mold-infested commercial property where he worked. ...Read More
 
 

Employer Can't Reopen Claim to Challenge Benefit Payments to Worker's Son 06/02/2025
State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
A New York appellate court ruled that an employer was not entitled to reopen a claim and challenge benefit payments to a deceased worker’s son. ...Read More
 
 

En Banc Court Finds Widow's FELA Claim Timely 06/02/2025
State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
The en banc Pennsylvania Superior Court ruled that a railway worker’s widow timely filed a Federal Employers’ Liability Act claim in her capacity as the administrator of the worker’s estate, even though she did not seek appointment until after the statute of limitations had expi...Read More
 
 

Elderly, Cancer-Stricken Worker Gets Hardship Reclassification 05/23/2025
State: NY | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
A New York appellate court upheld a determination that an elderly worker with cancer demonstrated extreme hardship that warranted reclassification. ...Read More
 
 

Exclusivity Bars Tort Suit by Worker Who Fell Into Vat of Molten Lead 05/23/2025
State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
The U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a grant of summary judgment dismissing the negligence claim by a worker who fell into a vat of molten lead against the company that had hired his employer to perform maintenance work. ...Read More
 
 

Exception to Going-and-Coming Rule Not Applicable to Carpool Arranged by Colleague 05/02/2025
State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
A California appeals court annulled a Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board order awarding benefits to a farmworker who was seriously injured while commuting home via a carpool arranged by a co-worker. ...Read More
 
 

Employer May Terminate Worker's Benefits With No Liability for Litigation Costs 04/23/2025
State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld a determination that a city was entitled to terminate a worker’s benefits and that she was not entitled to an award of litigation costs. ...Read More
 
 

Enforcement of Heat Regs Starts April 29 04/22/2025
State: NV | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Employer
The Nevada Occupational Safety and Health Administration reminds employers that it will begin enforcing the state’s heat regulations April 29. ...Read More
 
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