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Connecticut Supreme Court Significantly Shifts Workers’ Compensation Benefits

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The Connecticut Supreme Court recently ruled in Gardner v. Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services that Workers’ Compensation Administrative Law Judges (ALJs) can award ongoing temporary partial disability (TPD)...more

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California Supreme Court Declines to Impose Tort Duty on Employers to Prevent Spread of COVID-19 to Employees’ Households

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The California Supreme Court held last week that a California employer does not owe a duty of care to prevent the spread of COVID-19 to members of an employee’s household. In a unanimous decision, Kuciemba v. Victory...more

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California Court Rules Employer Must Face Lawsuit Over COVID Death of Employee's Spouse

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A California appellate court has ruled that a wrongful death action filed by an employee and her children arising from the death of the employee's spouse from COVID-19 after she allegedly contracted the virus at work and...more

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N.J. High Court Rules on Employer Obligations Under State Medical Marijuana Act

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Organizations in employee-friendly New Jersey have long been faced with a choice between compliance with permissive state marijuana regulations or with stricter federal mandates. The Supreme Court of New Jersey, in Hager v....more

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