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A finding by the New York Workers’ Compensation Board that a worker had failed to establish his claim for an occupational disease in the form of allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis did not prevent the worker from subsequently establishing an...

A Louisiana appellate court affirmed a ruling by a workers’ compensation judge that the claimant, an office worker, had not suffered an occupational disease within the meaning of the state’s Workers’ Compensation Act related to her alleged...

Some coverage decisions, addressing certain issues, never cease to amaze me. In fact, the more I see them the more my amazement grows. Acuity v. Reed & Associates, No. 15-2149, 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 109412 (W.D. Tenn. Aug. 19, 2015), [subscribers...

On May 15, 2015, EPA’s Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) (Antimicrobials Division) conditionally approved Nanosilva LLC’s registration of “NSPW-L30SS” as a materials preservative with an explicit clearance allowing the manufacture...

A New York appellate court reversed a decision of the state’s Workers’ Compensation Board that concluded that an employee who worked for some 23 years at a garbage recycling and energy production facility had sustained an occupational disease...

Today's case comes courtesy of Bob Richter of Elzufon, Austin, Tarlov & Mondell. It is an occupational disease/toxic exposure case which went to the Board last summer and for which the Motion for re-Argument was denied in late November. I have...

Claimant lost his claim against the second injury fund when he failed to prove an accident that his alleged exposure to muriatic acid fumes caused a heart attack. Poarch v Treasurer of the State of Missouri , 2012 Mo. App. Lexis 592 (May 1, 2012). The...

By Barry Zalma, Attorney and Consultant The Illinois Court of Appeal was asked to resolve a dispute between the Illinois School District Agency (ISDA), a provider of commercial general liability insurance and St. Charles Community Unit School District...

Claimant lost his claim against the second injury fund when he failed to prove an accident that his alleged exposure to muriatic acid fumes caused a heart attack. Poarch v Treasurer of the State of Missouri , 2012 Mo. App. Lexis 592 (May 1, 2012). The...

By Barry Zalma, Attorney and Consultant The Illinois Court of Appeal was asked to resolve a dispute between the Illinois School District Agency (ISDA), a provider of commercial general liability insurance and St. Charles Community Unit School District...

Claimant alleged he choked and sustained a myocardial infarction from noxious fumes after he sprayed an apartment bathroom on one occasion to remove mold. The claimant's expert attributed claimant's symptoms to muriatic acid fumes. The Commission...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — (AP) A federal class-action lawsuit claims a teenage inmate was sexually abused at a youth offender facility where other juveniles were forced to go hungry, endure hot and moldy conditions, and sleep on the floor. The lawsuit...

Mold litigation was another would-be asbestos. Where is that litigation today? Click and listen to what Marc S. Gaffrey had to say on the subject. Marc is a partner with Hoagland, Longo, Moran, Dunst & Doukas in New Brunswick, N.J. This clip was produced...

So benzene isn’t. Mold isn’t. So what is the proverbial “next asbestos”? Click and listen to what Marc S. Gaffrey had to say on the subject. Marc is a partner with Hoagland, Longo, Moran, Dunst & Doukas in New Brunswick, N...