NEW YORK, March 22 (UPI) — New York City is off the hook after a court ruled a woman whose back was broken when an allegedly drunken 300-pound Mets fan fell on her can’t sue the city. A negligence claim filed against the city by Ellen Massey was dismissed Monday by a Manhattan judge who …

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NEW YORK — A New York City police officer who was denied a tax-free injury pension after she was shot in the hand will get $325,000. The award settles a federal lawsuit filed by Officer Pamela Walker. Walker was shot during an annual weapons inspection at a Manhattan precinct in 2002. Court papers say Walker …

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Many types of injuries can occur at work including slip and falls or a back injury. One of the most serious types of injury, however, is traumatic brain injury. Workers’ compensation is like an insurance plan paid for by your employer. Workers compensation is an insurance coverage to give medical benefits to workers who’ve gotten …

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NEW YORK—New Yorkers looking for an apartment to rent on Craig’s List can now follow a link to “NYC’s Worst Landlord Watchlist” courtesy of Public Advocate Bill de Blasio. Standing in front of a rundown Bronx apartment building on Monday, de Blasio introduced his eight-point housing plan that will hold the city’s worst landlords accountable …

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Michigan’s auto insurance rates might be the highest in the nation, with a typical driver paying more than $2,500 a year for coverage. In Detroit, where unaffordable insurance rates have forced tens of thousands to drive uninsured, many motorists pay double that or more. Without question, the rising cost of Michigan’s unique mandate for unlimited …

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The high amount paid for  is pointed to be the cause of soaring auto insurance rates in Michigan. Now, a common driver shell out more than $2,500 a year to cover auto insurance which is said to be the highest in the country. Insurers justify the high increase of insurance cost to the rising cost …

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Download Story .PDF Summary: A recent workers’ compensation ruling by the Montana Supreme Court has been attracting national attention. While decisions from other states’ courts do not directly control workers’ comp law in Alabama, they can be influential in our own courts’ decisions. The case caught press attention largely for the unusual story, but the …

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Making safe-lift programs a priority at long-term care facilities could be the key to reducing injuries and worker compensation costs, according to a new report. The University of Maryland and the National Council on Compensation Insurance collaborated on a study to test the impact of safe lifting programs on worker’s compensation costs. Long-term care workers …

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New York City, NY (CompNewsNetwork) – New York State Workers’ Compensation Board Chairman Robert Beloten today announced that the newly adopted New York State budget includes more than $200 million in assessment relief for thousands of small businesses who are members of a defaulted or inactive Group Self-Insurance Trust (GSIT). While former members of insolvent …

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Even as the memory of late-pregnancy back ache fades into relative oblivion, the daily demands of infant and child care can continue to wreak havoc on new parents’ backs. Infants don’t weigh much of course, but the smaller the baby the more paraphernalia parents find themselves shlepping around. Happily, this new Sherpa role need not …

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