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Plaintiffs Win Appeal Regarding Ambiguous Language In Insurance Policy On Bodily Injury

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Jurisdiction: Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit - Mr. May died from Mesothelioma and the plaintiffs filed a wrongful death and survival action alleging the decedent was exposed to asbestos while working as a...more

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What Martin v. Goodrich Means for the Illinois’ Workers’ Compensation Landscape

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On January 24, 2025, the Illinois Supreme Court issued its long-awaited decision in Martin v. Goodrich Corp., upholding the constitutionality of a 2019 amendment to the Illinois Workers’ Occupational Diseases Act (the...more

Marshall Dennehey

Commonwealth Court Affirms Denial of Claim Petition That Alleged Occupational Disease of Lead Toxicity

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Jerry Mercer v. Active Radiator MPN, Inc. (WCAB); No. 1326 C.D. 2023; filed June 3, 2024; Judge Fizzano Cannon - On August 24, 2018, the claimant advised the employer that he had sustained a work-related injury due to lead...more

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Appellate Division Finds No Reason to Disturb Employer’s Experts’ Qualifications, to Not Accept Their Testimony, and Rejects Claim...

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Bello v. United Panam Financial Corp., No. A-2986-21 (Mar. 6, 2024) - The pro se petitioner appealed from a workers’ compensation order finding that his injuries were not causally related to his employment. The petitioner...more

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC

Appellate Decision Permits COVID-19 "Take-Home" Suit to Proceed

A California appeals court permitted a Los Angeles County wrongful death lawsuit for COVID-19 “take-home” liability to proceed. The plaintiff claims that plaintiff’s employer’s negligence resulted in plaintiff’s transmitting...more

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Ohio Governor Kasich Signs into Law Presumption for Cancer Incurred During Work Activities

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On January 4, 2017, Governor John Kasich signed the Michael Louis Palumbo, Jr., Act (The Act) into law, which provides a rebuttable presumption that a firefighter who is disabled due to certain cancers, contracted the same,...more

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