A Georgia court ruling means a trucking company will pay the heirs of a worker $5.4 …
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Legal Doctrines
Metroliner Crash Leads to Proposed Increase in Railroad Accident Liability Cap
A California congressman recently introduced a bill that could change liability in train accident …
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Misconduct of Employee General Irrelevance of Employee Fault
Larson’s Workers Compensation Law, Chapter 32, which repeats one of the axioms of …
Misconduct of Employee General Irrelevance of Employee FaultRead More
39 Willful Violation Citations Appealed by Refinery
Tesoro filed its appeal recently of the record $2.39 million citation the Washington Department of …
39 Willful Violation Citations Appealed by RefineryRead More
Comp Surgery Center in Cahoots with 3 Insurance Company Employees to Fraudulently Negotiate Liens Get 12 Years in Prison
The ring leader in workers compensation insurance fraud scheme that defrauded two insurance …
Is Your Business Aware of Pregnancy Discrimination Laws
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Injuries Not Compensable When Police Officer Working As Funeral Home Escort
According to the mayor of Montgomery, Alabama, the city simply is not able to provide workers …
Injuries Not Compensable When Police Officer Working As Funeral Home EscortRead More
Terminated Employee TTD Benefits for Carpal Tunnel Reinstated
A law mandating fired employees file workers compensation claims within six months of their …
Terminated Employee TTD Benefits for Carpal Tunnel ReinstatedRead More
Should Distracted Cop Receive Work Comp After Killing Sisters
The question: Do workers compensation laws need to be revised to exclude people who cause …
Should Distracted Cop Receive Work Comp After Killing SistersRead More
Third Party Workers Compensation Actions Against Doctors
Arizona Court Says Independent Medical Examiner Owes Duty of Reasonable Care An Arizona …
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Was Man Mauled By Bear Covered by Workers Compensation
Records indicate the Ohio man, owner of a bear that mauled its caretaker to death, did not have …
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Jones Act Riverboat Casino Not Vessel in Navigation
Observing that since 2002, the riverboat where the employee worked had been moored and stationary …
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Blood Spatter to Face and Eyes Qualifies as Traumatic Event for Health Care Worker
Continuing a line of cases that generally allow for the recovery of medical benefits where a worker …
Blood Spatter to Face and Eyes Qualifies as Traumatic Event for Health Care WorkerRead More
If Your Employees Travel Where Do You Pay Premiums
A Reader Asks: If an employer is in a non-monopolistic state and the employee’s …
Personal Comfort Doctrine or – Make Sure the Vending Machines are Secure
Worker Injured Attempting to Retrieve a Bag of Chips Stuck in Vending Machine Receives Award of …
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Injured Worker Must Show Wiggling His Butt Was Not Disqualifying Horseplay
In Iowa Case Burden of Proof is Upon Injured Worker to Show that Greeting a Co-worker By …
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Retaliatory Discharge Borrowed Employees Are Protected As Well
A borrowed employee filed a retaliatory discharge action against the borrowing employer, contending …
Retaliatory Discharge Borrowed Employees Are Protected As WellRead More
In Positional and Neutral Risks Parties Must Address Rebuttable Presumption
A minority of jurisdictions make awards whenever the injury occurred because the employment …
In Positional and Neutral Risks Parties Must Address Rebuttable PresumptionRead More
North Dakota Bank Teller with PTSD After Being Handcuffed at Gunpoint During Robbery Denied Work Comp Benefits
A North Dakota bank employee is seeking workers comp more than a year after a robbery left her …
Legal Doctrine: Deliberate Avoidance of Employment Relation
At the core of the workers compensation bargain is the employer-employee relationship. Where that …
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