A Louisiana appellate court upheld the summary dismissal of a worker's tort claims against two companies that qualified as his statutory employers.

Case: Charles v. Transcontinental

The Maryland Senate passed a bill that would allow the Uninsured Employers' Fund Board to direct the Workers' Compensation Commission to increase the assessment on

West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld the authorization of bilateral medial branch nerve blocks for a worker’s back injury.

Case: Blackhawk Mining LLC v.

West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld an award of benefits to a worker’s widow for a fatal fungal infection in his brain.

Case: Blackhawk

West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld the authorization of additional treatment for a worker’s injuries from a mining accident, as well as the expansion