by Kelia Scott | Sep 3, 2019 | Workers' Comp News
A Texas employee’s widow sought damages from her late husband’s employer because she claimed his death was caused by their gross negligence. While the Texas Workers’ Compensation Act does not prohibit such recovery, the term “gross negligence” does require the...
by Kelia Scott | Aug 29, 2019 | Workers' Comp News
The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California (WCIRB) released their quarterly update on California’s insurer experience and found that written premium for the first quarter of 2019 was well below 2018’s rate. Written premium, valued as of March...
by Kelia Scott | Aug 28, 2019 | Workers' Comp News
The Court of Appeals of Maryland held that a worker’s degenerative knee condition is an occupational disease and not a preexisting condition. Michael Quinlan worked as a first responder in Baltimore. He first noticed pain in his knee while he was assisting a patient...
by Kelia Scott | Aug 28, 2019 | Workers' Comp News
The United States Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) ordered the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to reinstate a former employee who the TVA had placed on paid administrative leave and later terminated, because the employee...
by Kelia Scott | Aug 26, 2019 | Workers' Comp News
A decision from the Supreme Court of Ohio found that a man who was receiving permanent total disability benefits could no longer receive those benefits because he was working as a horse-trainer and groomer, thereby committing fraud. Kenneth Seibert sustained workplace...
