An Alabama roofing contractor has paid a $117,175 penalty that was issued after a 15-year-old worker died from a 50-foot fall at a Cullman work site
… Read more »Maryland lawmakers have reintroduced bills that were never called for a hearing last year and would create presumptions that hypertension and post-traumatic stress disorder are
… Read more »The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the calculation of a worker’s whole-person impairment for an ankle injury.
Case: Musick v. Truline General Contracting Inc., No.
… Read more »The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a denial of benefits to a diabetic worker for additional treatment for his foot after an injury and the
… Read more »A former U.S. Postal Service employee pleaded guilty to making false statements to receive more than $100,000 in workers’ compensation benefits, the U.S. Attorney’s Office
… Read more »Indemnity benefits for certain volunteers in Missouri would be based on how much they earn at their regular jobs, under a bill introduced Tuesday.
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… Read more »The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the denial of benefits to a nurse for her alleged back injuries from lifting a patient.
Case: Martin v. American
… Read more »The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the expansion of a worker’s claim to add a tear of the medial meniscus.
Case: Orgill Inc. v. Angstadt,
… Read more »The West Virginia Supreme Court ruled that a worker was not entitled to an additional permanent partial disability award for his knee injury.
Case: Saunders
… Read more »The Virginia House of Delegates on Monday unanimously passed a bill that would exempt certain rules of the Workers’ Compensation Commission from formal rulemaking requirements
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