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Nov 21, 2024

Divided PA Court Says “Continuous Service,” Not Level of Activity, Key to Firefighter Cancer Benefits

In Borough of Hollidaysburg v. Detwiler, 2024 Pa. Commw. LEXIS 243 (Nov. 19, 2024), a divided Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania held that to enjoy the state’s presumption of compensability, volunteer…

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Nov 21, 2024

Divided PA Court Says “Continuous Service,” Not Level of Activity, Key to Firefighter Cancer Benefits

Divided PA Court Says “Continuous Service,” Not Level of Activity, Key to Firefighter Cancer Benefits Divided PA Court Says “Continuous Service,” Not Level of Activity, Key to Firefighter Cancer Benefits

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Jun 27, 2019

Office Worker Employed by Canadian Consulate May Proceed in Tort Against Employer for Work-Related Injuries

In an unusual case testing the limits of the sovereign immunity enjoyed by our neighbor to the north, a divided First Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a decision by a...

Office Worker Employed by Canadian Consulate May Proceed in Tort Against Employer for Work-Related Injuries Office Worker Employed by Canadian Consulate May Proceed in Tort Against Employer for Work-Related Injuries

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Feb 2, 2021

Virginia Court Sticks to its “Actual Risk” Doctrine

Applying Virginia’s “actual risk” doctrine, which generally holds that simple acts of walking, bending, turning, or even climbing stairs–without proof of any other contributing environmental factors–are not risks of employment,...

Virginia Court Sticks to its “Actual Risk” Doctrine Virginia Court Sticks to its “Actual Risk” Doctrine

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Apr 28, 2020

Federal District Court Says Proximity of Firing to Filing Claim Was Alone Insufficient to Survive Employer’s Motion for Summary Judgment

Construing Colorado law, a federal district court granted, in relevant part, a former employer’s motion for summary judgment in a case filed against it for retaliatory discharge [Donez v. Leprino...

Federal District Court Says Proximity of Firing to Filing Claim Was Alone Insufficient to Survive Employer’s Motion for Summary Judgment Federal District Court Says Proximity of Firing to Filing Claim Was Alone Insufficient to Survive Employer’s Motion for Summary Judgment

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