Workers' Compensation Daily Headlines

Case File When it comes to latent disease cases, the Washington Supreme Court did away with a decade-old precedent case to hold that an employer's virtual certainty that disease will occur satisfies the "actual knowledge" […]

Safety at Work Jackson, MI (WorkersCompensation.com) - A 46-year-old student support specialist died after being struck by a metal filing cabinet that fell, one of several workers killed at work recently Officials with the Michigan […]

Case File A worker lost his life due to an accident while working on the New Jersey turnpike, but the court didn't find enough to show that the employer committed "willful" violations for purposes of […]

Courts & Compliance Like quite a few states across the country, New Jersey's Workers' Compensation Act contains an exclusive remedy provision under which employees relinquish their right to pursue common-law remedies -- in other words, […]

Safety at Work Middletown, CT (WorkersCompensation.com) – Postal workers across the country faced attacks in the last few weeks from animals and humans. In Middletown, Conn., a postal worker was bitten multiple times by a […]

Case File A New York teacher had some challenges with asthma, but were they enough that he could stop coming to work or did he voluntary remove himself from employment? Simply Research subscribers have access […]

Safety at Work Scranton, PA (WorkersCompensation.com) – A Lowe’s worker shot and killed his co-worker during an overnight shift at the store, then allegedly confessed to the murder in an email to human resources. Police […]

Do You Know the Rule? In Illinois, an employer may face a penalty in amount of up to 50 percent of the employee’s original award if the employer unreasonably fails to pay the employee's workers’ […]