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Top 10 Developments in Delaware Workers’ Compensation in 2024

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

The Delaware Supreme Court Affirms Decision That a COVID-19 Workplace Exposure at a Poultry Processing Plant Did Not Qualify as a...

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

Superior Court Affirms Decision That Claimant Failed to Prove She Contracted COVID-19 at Work, but Does Not Reach Issue of Whether...

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

Risk of Exposure to COVID-19 at Employer’s Poultry Processing Plant Was Not Distinct From That Attending Employment in General.

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

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