Massachusetts Appeals Court Upholds Restaurants’ COVID-19 Insurance Denial May 21, 2024 By Andrew G. Simpson In a ruling against an upscale restaurant chain, a Massachusetts Appeals Court has followed the recipe the state’s high court...
Couple Staged Half Million Dollar Fraud Against Theater Nonprofit, Insurer Claims May 21, 2024 By Andrew G. Simpson Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance Co. is suing a Connecticut couple the insurer alleges defrauded its insured, a Florida theater nonprofit, by...
Former Executive Alleges Gender Bias, Retaliatory Firing by NEXT Insurance May 20, 2024 By Andrew G. Simpson A former chief corporate officer for NEXT Insurance is accusing the company and its chief executive officer of gender and...
Workers’ Compensation Bars Doctor Who Was Shot at New York Hospital From Suing May 20, 2024 By Andrew G. Simpson New York’s highest court has ruled that a doctor who was injured in a shooting at the hospital where he...
High Court: E-Scooter Rider Hit by Car Not Eligible for No-Fault PIP Benefits May 15, 2024 By Andrew G. Simpson A man injured when he was hit by a car while he was operating a low speed Segway electric scooter...
COVID-19 Can Be Occupational Disease, Colorado Court Says in Worker Death Case May 9, 2024 By Andrew G. Simpson For the first time, a Colorado appellate court has concluded that COVID-19 can be an occupational disease that is compensable...
Medical Marijuana Law Does Not Impair Employers’ Right to Drug-Free Workplace May 6, 2024 By Andrew G. Simpson A Connecticut employer has the right to terminate an employee who is impaired by medical marijuana in the workplace. The...
Pennsylvania High Court to Decide If Workers’ Compensation Covers CBD Oil May 3, 2024 By Andrew G. Simpson A veteran Pennsylvania workers’ compensation attorney will soon have a chance to argue before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court that his...
Newark Wants Cargo Ship Firefighters’ Deaths Handled Under Workers’ Compensation May 2, 2024 By Andrew G. Simpson The city of Newark is asking a federal court to dismiss negligence and wrongful death claims against it by the...
New York Court Officer Wins 9/11 Workers’ Compensation Benefits on Appeal May 1, 2024 By Andrew G. Simpson On the morning of September 11, 2001, Robert Liotta was at his job as a senior court officer at 100...