NC Court Rejects Tort Claim for Workplace Fatality

In a decision that underscores the high bar for pursuing civil remedies alongside a workers’ compensation claim, the North Carolina Court of Appeals recently affirmed summary judgment against the estate…

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Apr 8, 2025

NC Court Rejects Tort Claim for Workplace Fatality

NC Court Rejects Tort Claim for Workplace Fatality NC Court Rejects Tort Claim for Workplace Fatality

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Apr 6, 2015

Kentucky Contractor Immune From Suit Filed by Employee of Subcontractor

Applying Kentucky’s “up-the-ladder immunity” doctrine, a state appellate court vacated a trial court’s refusal to grant summary judgment in favor of a defendant corporation that had been sued in tort...

Kentucky Contractor Immune From Suit Filed by Employee of Subcontractor Kentucky Contractor Immune From Suit Filed by Employee of Subcontractor

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Feb 14, 2019

Kansas Court of Appeals Jettisons 82-Year-Old Supreme Court Precedent

Employer’s Payment of Medical Charges Revives Expired Statute of Limitations Reversing the state’s Workers’ Compensation Board, which had relied upon what it thought was established precedent (i.e., a 1936 decision...

Kansas Court of Appeals Jettisons 82-Year-Old Supreme Court Precedent Kansas Court of Appeals Jettisons 82-Year-Old Supreme Court Precedent

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Dec 9, 2021

For Limitations Purposes, a NC Death Claim Cannot Piggy-Back Onto Deceased Employee’s Original Filing

A divided panel of the North Carolina Court of Appeals recently affirmed a decision by the state’s Industrial Commission that had found it lacked jurisdiction to hear a widow’s death...

For Limitations Purposes, a NC Death Claim Cannot Piggy-Back Onto Deceased Employee’s Original Filing For Limitations Purposes, a NC Death Claim Cannot Piggy-Back Onto Deceased Employee’s Original Filing

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