Personal Comfort Doctrine Reaches a Formal, Unpaid Break

PA Court Finds a 15-Minute Break’s Brevity Outweighs Its Formality The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania recently affirmed an award of workers’ compensation benefits to a pharmacy technician struck by a…

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Jul 16, 2026

Personal Comfort Doctrine Reaches a Formal, Unpaid Break

Personal Comfort Doctrine Reaches a Formal, Unpaid Break Personal Comfort Doctrine Reaches a Formal, Unpaid Break

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Jul 7, 2026

Progressive-Injury Diagnosis, Not Initial Symptoms, Starts the Limitations Clock

MS Court Rejects Time-Bar Finding in Casino Dealer’s Shoulder Injury Case The Mississippi Court of Appeals has reversed a Workers’ Compensation Commission order dismissing a casino dealer’s shoulder injury claim...

Progressive-Injury Diagnosis, Not Initial Symptoms, Starts the Limitations Clock Progressive-Injury Diagnosis, Not Initial Symptoms, Starts the Limitations Clock

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Feb 6, 2020

No Apportionment For NY Claimant’s Preexisting Cancer In Spite of Medical Evidence

In spite of medical evidence that indicated an injured employee’s disability should be equally apportioned between his noncompensable lung cancer condition and a subsequent work-related injury to his right shoulder...

No Apportionment For NY Claimant’s Preexisting Cancer In Spite of Medical Evidence No Apportionment For NY Claimant’s Preexisting Cancer In Spite of Medical Evidence

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Dec 14, 2023

San Francisco Firefighter May Not Sue City Bus Driver for Alleged Negligent Operation of Bus

San Francisco Firefighter May Not Sue City Bus Driver for Alleged Negligent Operation of Bus San Francisco Firefighter May Not Sue City Bus Driver for Alleged Negligent Operation of Bus

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