Appellate Court Rejects ‘Fishing Expedition’ Discovery Request to Home Depot August 7, 2023 By Jim Sams A Texas appellate court threw out a trial court order that approved a plaintiff’s overly broad discovery request in an...
WCRI: Inflation Not a Big Deal for Workers’ Comp, Yet August 4, 2023 By Jim Sams While fast-rising prices in the past year drove up claim costs for auto and property insurers, inflation has been a...
After Decades of Delays, Broken Promises, Coal Miners Hail Rule to Slow Rise of Black Lung July 25, 2023 By Leah Willingham and Matthew Daly CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A half-century ago, the nation`s top health experts urged the federal agency in charge of mine...
A.M. Best: Workers’ Comp Outpacing Rest of Property/Casualty Commercial Sector July 19, 2023 Workers’ compensation insurers’ underwriting results continued to outpace the rest of the U.S. property/casualty (P/C) commercial sector in 2022, as...
Workers’ Compensation Undercuts Employer Liability Exclusion, U.S. Appeals Court Rules July 11, 2023 By Andrew G. Simpson Since workers’ compensation shields an employer from liability, an insurer may not be able to rely on an employer liability...
Ore. Supreme Ct. Refuses to Expand Exception to Exclusive Remedy July 11, 2023 By Jim Sams A law passed by the state legislature in 2001 to address a court decision that created an exception to workers’...
California Supreme Court, Warning of Litigation ‘Deluge,’ Rejects Take-Home COVID Claims July 7, 2023 By Jim Sams An employer owed no duty of care to the wife of an employee who was hospitalized after contracting COVID-19 that...
Conn. Supreme Ct. Rejects Work Comp Claim by Part-Time Firefighter July 6, 2023 By Andrew G. Simpson A firefighter must be shown to have worked 20 or more hours a week to be eligible for workers’ compensation...
Connecticut High Court Nixes Workers’ Comp for Firefighter with Heart Condition June 28, 2023 By Andrew G. Simpson A firefighter must be shown to have worked 20 or more hours a week to be eligible for workers’ compensation...
Contractor Says it has Settled Lawsuit with Sick and Dying Coal Ash Workers May 25, 2023 By Travis Loller NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Attorneys for a group of workers who believe their jobs cleaning up a massive coal ash...