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Superior Court Affirms Decision That Claimant Failed to Prove She Contracted COVID-19 at Work, but Does Not Reach Issue of Whether...

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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

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South Carolina Senate Passes COVID-19 Liability Immunity Act

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The South Carolina state Senate has passed legislation that would provide immunity from COVID-19-related lawsuits for businesses that follow state and federal health guidelines. The measure now goes before the South...more

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NJ Essential Employees Now Have a Presumption for Work-Related COVID-19

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The law is retroactive to March 9, 2020 and grants a presumption in the burden of proof to essential employees when claiming that contraction of the COVID-19 virus occurred at work. The COVID-19 law may lead to some confusion...more

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Kentucky's New Workers' Comp Law Encourages Drug Testing

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House Bill 2 (“HB2”) was signed into law by Governor Matt Bevin and became effective in July 2018. Through HB2, the legislature enacted significant changes to multiple provisions of the Workers’ Compensation Act. One of the...more

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