Bowman v. Allen Harim Foods, IAB No. 1541176 (Dec. 18, 2024) - On November 4, 2023, the claimant injured his left knee in a compensable work accident that required surgery to his patella. He had to switch doctors after his...more
United Parcel Service v. Willis, 2024 WL 5039034 (Del. Super. Ct. Dec. 6, 2024) - On June 8, 2021, at approximately 4 a.m., Mr. Willis was involved in single-vehicle accident when his work truck struck a guardrail. The...more
1. The Delaware Supreme Court affirmed an Industrial Accident Board decision that concluded that a COVID-19 workplace exposure at a poultry processing plant did not qualify as a compensable occupational disease. Fowler v....more
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Fowler v. Perdue, 2024 WL 3196775, --- A.3d --- (Del. June 24, 2024) - Mr. Fowler alleged that he suffered a compensable COVID-19 exposure while working as a “boxer” at a poultry processing plant. The Industrial Accident...more
Webb v. State of Delaware, 2024 WL 2077263 (Del. Super. May 9, 2024) - Mr. Webb workers’ compensation claim was denied, and he filed a petition with the Industrial Accident Board that sought acknowledgment of the accident,...more
Taylor v. State of Delaware, 2024 WL 1209292 (Del. Super. Mar. 21, 2024) - Ms. Taylor injured her right wrist in 2016 while working as a teacher for the State. Her injury eventually developed into complex regional pain...more
Trincia v. Dick’s Sporting Goods, 2024 WL 1110401 (Del. Super. Mar. 14, 2024) - Ms. Trincia filed a Petition to Determine Compensation Due that alleged she injured her cervical spine and left shoulder in a work accident on...more
United Parcel Service v. Hawkins, No. 233, 2023, 2024 WL 666726 (Del. Feb. 19, 2024) - The claimant was injured in a work accident on October 28, 2018. On December 9, 2019, he filed a Petition to Determine Additional...more
Testa-Carr v. Sallie Mae, N23A-04-004 CEB (Del. Super. Feb. 8, 2024) - Ms. Testa-Carr worked as a customer service representative for Sallie Mae. On March 21, 2022, she was fell down some stairs and was injured while...more
Hudson v. Beebe Medical Center, S23A-10-002 NEP, 2024 WL 36063 (Del. Super. Jan. 3, 2024). Ms. Hudson worked as a front-line nurse for the employer on its COVID-19 floor in the Fall of 2020. She contracted COVID at some...more
Fowler v. Perdue Farms, 2023 WL 6888918 (Del. Super. Oct. 18, 2023) - Mr. Fowler alleged that he suffered a compensable COVID-19 exposure while working as a “boxer” at a poultry processing plant. The Industrial Accident Board...more
Taylor v. State of Delaware, N22A-09-007 CLS (Del. Super. Ct. Aug. 14, 2023) - Ms. Taylor was injured in a compensable work accident on September 16, 2016. The injury later developed into Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS)...more