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The Mississippi Court of Appeals upheld the dismissal of a forklift operator's workers' compensation claim on the grounds that it was untimely.

The U.S. District Court, Central District of California denied the employer's request to exclude evidence concerning the claimant's loss of earnings claim.

The Kentucky Supreme Court held that a workers' compensation insurer's conduct reasonably induced the claimant to file his claim late. As a result, the insurer was estopped from asserting a statute of limitations defense.

The Massachusetts Appeals Court vacated the amount of a partial disability award and returned the case for a "reasoned computation" of the award, as it was unclear how the administrative judge determined that the claimant had a weekly earning capacity of $975.

The Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court upheld the Workers' Compensation Appeal Board's grant of the claimant's claim petition.

A Florida judge of compensation claims held that the claimant failed to prove that her emergency room treatment for a mild heart attack was caused by an injection treatment she received from her treating doctor.

The Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation Appeal Board reversed the workers' compensation judge's denial of the claimant's claim petition and the finding that the claimant fully recovered from his work injuries.

A New York Workers' Compensation Board panel held that a county supervisor's motor vehicle accident did not arise out of and in the course of his employment. The supervisor detoured from his route to stop for breakfast.

During the development of WAC 296-62-095, Outdoor Heat Exposure, the Department of Labor and Industries received public comment from agriculture stakeholders who believed the adopted version of the rule should be included in Chapter 296-307 WAC, Safety Standards for Agriculture.

The Division of Workers' Compensation has posted the fiscal year 2008-09 assessment rates for the Workers' Compensation Administration Revolving Fund and other funds on its Web site.

The Division of Workers' Compensation adopted new court administrator regulations to support the EAMS, which have been approved by the Office of Administrative Law and filed with the secretary of state.

The Alaska Supreme Court ruled that a chiropractor should have been given notice of a pending settlement between a workers' compensation claimant and her employer. It reversed decisions of the Workers' Compensation Board and Workers' Compensation Appeals Commission holding that the settlement barred the chiropractor's claim for payment.

The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held that the dismissal of an employee's suit against his former employer for injuries he sustained to his back was an appropriate sanction for the employee's misconduct throughout the case.

The U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee denied cross-motions for summary judgment in an employee's disability discrimination suit against his former employer.

The Tennessee Supreme Court, Special Workers' Compensation Appeals Panel upheld the trial court's finding that the claimant's injury, sustained while she was returning home from receiving medical treatment for a compensable work injury, was likewise compensable.