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Sep 9, 2024

West Virginia Court Affirms Fatal Benefits Award in Occupational Disease Case

In a decision that underscores the complexities of causation in occupational disease cases, the Intermediate Court of Appeals of West Virginia affirmed an award of fatal dependents’ benefits where a...

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Sep 9, 2024

West Virginia Court Affirms Fatal Benefits Award in Occupational Disease Case

West Virginia Court Affirms Fatal Benefits Award in Occupational Disease Case West Virginia Court Affirms Fatal Benefits Award in Occupational Disease Case

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Jul 18, 2022

Kansas Court Says Dual Capacity Doctrine Not Applicable Where Employer Manufactured Machine Causing Employee’s Injury

Observing that in Kansas, like a number of other states, an employer may be liable in tort as a “third-party tortfeasor” if the employer has obligations to the employee independent...

Kansas Court Says Dual Capacity Doctrine Not Applicable Where Employer Manufactured Machine Causing Employee’s Injury Kansas Court Says Dual Capacity Doctrine Not Applicable Where Employer Manufactured Machine Causing Employee’s Injury

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Oct 2, 2012

New York: Comp Carrier Entitled to Take Credit Against Future Benefits for Rape Victim’s Settlement Against Employer and Co-Employees

A workers’ compensation carrier, who paid benefits to an aide at a juvenile detention center who was physically assaulted, raped, and kidnapped is entitled to take a dollar-for-dollar credit against...

New York: Comp Carrier Entitled to Take Credit Against Future Benefits for Rape Victim’s Settlement Against Employer and Co-Employees New York: Comp Carrier Entitled to Take Credit Against Future Benefits for Rape Victim’s Settlement Against Employer and Co-Employees

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May 19, 2021

Staffing Company’s Should Not Conflate Employment Contract and Specific Assignment

Employment Contract Formed In Illinois In Spite of Contingencies Required for First Assignment in Indiana In an unpublished decision, an Illinois appellate court affirmed a decision by the state’s Workers’...

Staffing Company’s Should Not Conflate Employment Contract and Specific Assignment Staffing Company’s Should Not Conflate Employment Contract and Specific Assignment

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