Equal Treatment Under the State’s Dual System is “a Water Mirage” This afternoon (Feb. 26, 2016), in a lengthy Commission Order, the Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Commission found that Sections 203...
Oklahoma Commission Strikes Down State’s Opt Out Law Oklahoma Commission Strikes Down State’s Opt Out LawAn Indiana jury was within its province as factfinder in returning a verdict for more than $400,000 in compensatory and punitive damages against a former employer in a retaliatory discharge...
Facebook® Plays Role in Indiana $400,000 Verdict for Retaliatory Discharge Facebook® Plays Role in Indiana $400,000 Verdict for Retaliatory DischargeA mother’s wrongful death action against her son’s employer was not barred by the exclusive remedy provisions of the Georgia Workers’ Compensation Act (“Act”) where the undisputed facts clearly showed...
Georgia Mother May Sue Deceased Son’s Employer and Staffing Company Where Co-Worker Murderer May Have been Negligently Hired Georgia Mother May Sue Deceased Son’s Employer and Staffing Company Where Co-Worker Murderer May Have been Negligently HiredWhere a father and son were co-employees working at an excavation site and the son was struck in the head with the bucket of a track hoe—the blow causing serious...
Wyoming Father May Sue Employer For Anguish Related to Co-employee Son’s Death Wyoming Father May Sue Employer For Anguish Related to Co-employee Son’s DeathIn what at first blush might appear as a counter-intuitive ruling, an Illinois appellate court has held that a flight attendant who injured her knee on a flight from Denver...
Illinois Court Says Flight Attendant is Not a Traveling Employee While “Commuting” Illinois Court Says Flight Attendant is Not a Traveling Employee While “Commuting”I read with great interest Bob Wilson’s post yesterday signaling that the Tennessee Opt Out “initiative” may be DOA this year. Indeed, I’d been checking Bill Tracking Reports since the...
2016 Opt Out Legislation: Is it as “Inevitable” as Some Have Hoped/Feared? 2016 Opt Out Legislation: Is it as “Inevitable” as Some Have Hoped/Feared?