The Pennsylvania Superior Court upheld a jury’s verdict finding a contractor liable for a catastrophic workplace injury suffered by a subcontractor’s employee struck by a train. Case: Hernandez v.

The Kansas Court of Appeals ruled that the two-year period for an employer to invoke a statutory presumption that an injured worker no longer needs medical care begins to run on the date of the award ...

A New York appellate court ruled that a worker who fell off a makeshift scaffold was not entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for injuries. Case: Rajpaulsingh v. Hidden Pond at Old ...

The California Workers' Compensation Institute on Wednesday reported that meloxicam has become the largest source of anti-inflammatory drug spending, with its share of payments jumping from less than ...

The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California Classification and Rating Committee will discuss possible changes to the physical audit threshold and payroll limitations during a Nov.

The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation has announced $29 million in funding to further the development of personal work safety equipment and technology. The periodic Workforce Safety Innovation ...

A New York appellate court ruled that a Labor Law defendant was entitled to partial summary judgment dismissing some of the cross-claims against it. Case: Torres v. Tinton Realty Group LLC, No.

Twenty-eight congressional Democrats are protesting planned rollbacks of regulations regarding respirator masks as proposed by the Trump administration. In a letter addressed to David Keeling, an ...

A New York appellate court ruled that a plumber’s assistant should have been granted summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for his injuries from falling over a ground-level barrier into a ...

The Supreme Court of Tennessee’s Special Workers’ Compensation Appeals Panel upheld the denial of a worker’s request for extraordinary benefits. Case: Burkes v. Sysco Knoxville LLC, No. E2025-02007-SC ...

Medicaid disenrollment was associated with higher medical payments in workers' compensation claims during the period when enrollees were losing coverage, the Workers Compensation Research Institute ...

The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld the denial of a demolition worker’s claim for benefits for a heart attack. Case: Torres v. The Giant Co. LLC (WCAB), No. 958 C.D. 2025, 10/26/2026, ...