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On June 13, the 3rd Dept. released one workers’ compensation decision. In So v. Erin’s Pharmacy, CV-23-1738 (3rd Dept. 2024), the Court held that the Board’s rejection of an outdated RB-89 appeal form was a reversible error....more
This week the 3rd Department released four new cases with a particular focus on psychological injuries. Learn more below. First is Anderson v. City of Yonkers, the 3rd Dept. examined the way the Board reviews psychological...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
Seminole County, Florida and Johns Eastern Company, Inc. v. Chad Braden, First District Court of Appeals - DCA#: 21-3530, Decision date: Dec. 13, 2023 - The claimant, a firefighter, was hired in 1993 after passing a...more
Matter of Fernandez v. NYCTA. CV-23-0309 - The 3rd Dept. affirmed the Board’s decision to disallow this COVID-19 death claim. In this case, it involved an essential worker in the early days of COVID-19. The decedent was a...more
California’s COVID-19 notice requirements under California Labor Code § 6409.6, requiring employer notice to employees of COVID-19 exposures in the workplace, will expire at the end of 2023....more
Repeatedly, people would make these and other more colorful comments whenever I would describe my case pending before the California Supreme Court: Because a construction worker swore the only place he could have contracted...more
Last week, the California Supreme Court responded to a request from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to clarify whether an employer can be sued for negligence based on an employee who contracts COVID-19 at work and later...more
The California Supreme Court released an opinion in Kuciemba v. Victory Woodworks Inc., finding that the exclusive remedy provisions of the California Workers’ Compensation Act (“WCA”) do not bar a non-employee’s recovery for...more
In a unanimous opinion, the California Supreme Court answered two questions posed to it by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal, finding that an employer is not liable for a COVID-19 injury sustained by an employee’s household...more
Welcome to LFLM LAW with L.A.W. - the podcast that dives deep into the intricacies of workers' compensation cases. Our host is Lindsay Wagenman, a Partner in our San Francisco office. In this episode, Kate Lozano, the...more
On May 5, 2023, the World Health Organization declared an end to the global health emergency caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, known as COVID-19. While the emergency has, in many ways, waned, the virus and the need for COVID-19...more
It was a busy end to the year, as courts handed down several key insurance decisions before ringing in 2023. The Ohio Supreme Court considered the contours of “direct physical loss or damage” in two separate decisions –...more
After a few years of rapid and expansive change to New York’s workplace laws, involving adjustments to workplace safety, employee pay, benefits, and privacy, there was a noticeable slowdown for the state legislature this past...more
In addition to AB 152 extending COVID-19 leave through December 31, 2022, Governor Gavin Newsom has also signed into law two other COVID-related bills—AB 1751 and AB2693—affecting employers’ policies regarding employees who...more
California’s Legislature recently ended another busy session, sending a slew of new employee-friendly bills to Governor Gavin Newsom, who was not stingy with his pen....more
In an expected move given the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, on September 29, 2022, Governor Newsom signed into law two workers’ compensation bills, AB 1751 and SB 1127, but vetoed another bill, SB 284. The signing of AB...more
Fans of the 1984 fantasy film The NeverEnding Story might remember the famous line, “Every real story is a never-ending story.” For California employers that have been grappling with COVID-19 for the better part of the last...more
As we previewed previously, a number of hot-button legislative proposals made it to Governor Newsom’s desk this year – many of which would change the landscape for California employers. For the first time since the COVID-19...more
Since the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a rise in occupational exposure claims filed for employees who allege they have contracted COVID-19 in the course and scope of their employment. However, unlike other workers’...more
Much has changed in the two-and-a-half years since March 2020, when most of the country went into lockdown due to COVID-19 and most businesses moved to remote work models. As a result of mass layoffs and employee absences due...more
What Are “Take-Home COVID” Claims? “Take-home COVID” claims are claims brought against an employer by the spouse or child of an employee who caught COVID-19 in the workplace and brought it home, infecting a spouse or child...more
There is no question COVID-19 altered our existence as humans. Worldwide, the pandemic has touched all aspects of daily life. It is not surprising, then, that we are still seeing the ripple effects in the California Workers’...more
Recent national and world events have created a perfect storm for workers compensation (WC) claims. The move of baby boomers out of the workforce was already shifting demographics when the pandemic sparked the Great...more
In light of the pandemic and its widespread impact on employee populations, many states have grappled with their workers’ compensation laws and regulations. These impacts are associated often with substantial medical costs...more