Oregon Holds Immunity for State Employees Violates Constitution When Applied to Workers’ Compensation Recipients In a 5-2 decision, the Oregon Supreme Court has handed down a significant opinion addressing the...
Issue Commentary: Oregon Supreme Court Strikes Down Governmental Immunity Statute Under State’s Remedy Clause Issue Commentary: Oregon Supreme Court Strikes Down Governmental Immunity Statute Under State’s Remedy ClauseYesterday, in Goins v. Industrial Commission of Arizona, 2026 Ariz. App. LEXIS 16 (Div. 1, Jan. 21, 2026), an Arizona appellate court affirmed denial of workers' compensation benefits to an...
AZ Court: Personal Firearm Injury Did Not Arise Out of Employment AZ Court: Personal Firearm Injury Did Not Arise Out of EmploymentIn Chandler v. United States, 2026 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 6568 (D. Colo. Jan. 13, 2026), the United States District Court for the District of Colorado dismissed an inmate’s Federal Tort...
Federal Inmate Injured in Prison Dog Training Program Cannot Pursue FTCA Claim Federal Inmate Injured in Prison Dog Training Program Cannot Pursue FTCA ClaimIn Mendoza v. Board of Retirement of the Ventura County Employees’ Retirement Assn., 2025 Cal. App. LEXIS 865 (2d Dist. Dec. 3, 2025), a California appellate court affirmed denial of...
CA Deputy Surgery Refusal Results in Disqualification from Disability Retirement Benefits CA Deputy Surgery Refusal Results in Disqualification from Disability Retirement BenefitsBoard Exercised Discretion When Death Prevented IME and Cross-Examination on Psychiatric Injuries In Matter of Brady v. Town of Warwick, 2025 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 7401 (3d Dept. Dec. 31,...
NY Court Affirms Claim Abatement After Claimant’s Death NY Court Affirms Claim Abatement After Claimant’s DeathThe Tennessee Court of Appeals has affirmed a trial court’s holding that a carpenter performing construction work on a farm property was neither a “casual employee” nor a “farm/agricultural laborer”...
Failure to Secure Comp Insurance Proves Costly for TN Company Failure to Secure Comp Insurance Proves Costly for TN CompanyThe Texas Court of Appeals, Seventh District, recently affirmed summary judgment for an employer in a wrongful death action filed by the mother of an employee who suffered fatal injuries...
Texas Court Affirms Summary Judgment in Grain Bin Death Case Texas Court Affirms Summary Judgment in Grain Bin Death CaseThe Idaho Supreme Court has reversed the Idaho Industrial Commission’s denial of benefits in a case involving a recurrent tendon tear, holding that the Commission applied an incorrect causation standard...
Idaho Clarifies Causation for Recurrent Injuries Idaho Clarifies Causation for Recurrent Injuries