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Hot Topic: Nevada Joins Ranks of States Enforcing Onerous New Heat Illness Rules

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Nevada’s sunny and hot summers pose hazards of heat-related illnesses to outdoor workers and non-climate-controlled indoor workers. April 29, 2025 marks a significant milestone for workplace safety in Nevada as the Nevada...more

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Where a Claimant Seeks to Add a Distinct, Consequential Injury to Notice of Compensation Payable and to Reinstate Indemnity...

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Matthew Grow v. PECO Energy Company (WCAB); No. 63 C.D. 2024; filed January 8, 2025 - The claimant sustained a work injury to his neck in 2013. After he returned to work in January 2014, his benefits were suspended. Later, in...more

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Warehouse Worker Injury Reduction Program Signed Into Law

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On December 21, 2024, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed the State’s new Worker Injury Reduction Program into law, which requires covered employers to establish a program to identify and minimize the risks of...more

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New Bill Seeks to Provide New York State Warehouse Workers with Additional Injury Protections

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Seyfarth Synopsis: Expanding a law enacted in 2022, New York’s legislature passed another bill that seeks to limit warehouse-related injuries by requiring employers to establish and implement an injury reduction program,...more

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Property Owner Not Liable for Injury to Employee of Independent Contractor –12.6 Million Verdict Reversed

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Seyfarth Synopsis: California’s Second District Court of Appeal recently reversed a 12.6 million jury verdict in favor of an independent contractor’s employee for injuries he suffered from a broken roof hatch of a commercial...more

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