Fifth Circuit reverses $575k award, limits insurer liability after workplace overdose
Fifth Circuit Overturns $575K Wrongful Death Award: Insurer Dodges Liability in Workplace Overdose Case New Orleans, November 18, 2025 – A federal appeals court has delivered a sharp rebuke to expansive workers’ compensation claims, reversing a $575,000 award to the family of a Louisiana welder who died from a fentanyl overdose months after a workplace … Read more