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Virginia Issues Permanent COVID-19 Standard

In July 2020, the Safety and Health Codes Board of the Virginia Department of Labor and Industry approved an emergency temporary standard for COVID-19. In so doing, Virginia became the first state to issue such a temporary...more

Tort Claims for Workplace Exposure to COVID-19: A Coming Wave?

While numerous states are acting to expand the scope of their respective workers’ compensation systems to embrace COVID-19-related workplace exposure claims, a persistent drip of tort claims threatens to breach the exclusive...more

South Carolina Issues Guidance for Reopening Close Contact and Service Industry Providers

At a press briefing on May 11, 2020, South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster announced that close contact service providers, fitness and exercise centers, commercial gyms, and commercial and public pools would be permitted to...more

States Create Presumptions for Essential Workers to Become Eligible for Workers’ Compensation Benefits During Pandemic

A number of states have recently passed or proposed amendments to their workers’ compensation statutes (or have issued other authority) to make it easier for healthcare workers, first responders, and other essential workers...more

South Carolina Announces Reopening of Certain Businesses and Economic Revitalization Plan

As decreases in hospitalizations and deaths related to COVID-19 continue their apparent incremental decline across the country, businesses seek a light at the end of the tunnel. Governors eager to get their citizens back to...more

Weighing the Options: FFCRA and CARES Act Present Alternatives for Small Businesses Facing Hard Choices

Untangling the web of options presented to small employers under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) and Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act can seem daunting. A small employer...more

"Toxic” Mold Claims: Steps to Prevent and Aggressively Defend

TOXIC MOLD. SICK BUILDING SYNDROME. MOLD SICKNESS. These are some of the popular catch phrases employed by those who seek to profit by perpetuating the mythology that has fueled a cottage litigation industry of mold hysteria...more

12/17/2012  /  Mold Litigation , Toxic Mold
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