In a dispute involving the dissolution of a law partnership and the rights of two attorneys in attorneys’ fees resulting from the settlement of workers’ compensation cases, Georgia’s Board of...
Georgia Comp Board Won’t Resolve Fee Dispute Between Attorneys Dissolving Their Firm Georgia Comp Board Won’t Resolve Fee Dispute Between Attorneys Dissolving Their FirmAnyone familiar with the FedEx, Uber/Lyft litigation going on at various levels in California’s courts and before the state’s administrative agencies knows that the Golden State appears to have “a...
Now California’s Pro Sports Cheerleaders are Employees Now California’s Pro Sports Cheerleaders are EmployeesWhere an employee (“Bates”) assaulted a co-employee (“McDaniel”) after Bates performed an Internet search and discovered that McDaniel was a registered sex offender, the assault did not arise out of...
Assault by Nebraska Employee Against Sex Offender Co-Employee Did Not Arise from the Employment Assault by Nebraska Employee Against Sex Offender Co-Employee Did Not Arise from the EmploymentA New York appellate court has refused to vacate a portion of a county court’s judgment that, following a defendant’s guilty plea to fraudulent practices (N.Y. Workers’ Comp. Law §...
NY Cage Dancer Forfeits Right to Future Comp Benefits NY Cage Dancer Forfeits Right to Future Comp BenefitsWith the divorce rate for U.S. marriages hovering at almost 50 percent, courts and legislatures are called upon to weigh two conflicting rules related to workers’ compensation benefits when it...
How One State Bucked Trend of Allowing Former Spouse to Access Post-Divorce Workers’ Comp Benefits How One State Bucked Trend of Allowing Former Spouse to Access Post-Divorce Workers’ Comp Benefits