Cohabitating “Spouse” Allowed Death Benefits Under Texas Common Law Rules

KY Power Company Immune From Tort Suit Where Tree Trimming Subcontractor’s Employee Sustained Fatal Injuries

Ohio Supreme Court Says Deceased Employee’s Fiancée Might Have Been “Family” Member Entitled to Death Benefits

Iowa High Court Required to Resort to 100-Year-Old Precedent in Spousal “Abandonment” Case

NC Supreme Court: Untimely Death Claim Can Piggy-Back Upon Timely-Filed Injury Claim

Extension of Statute of Limitations in Ohio R. C. 4123.28 Does Not Apply to Death Claims

In a divided opinion, an Ohio appellate court affirmed a decision of a state trial court that granted summary judgment to an employer in a death benefits case that had...

No Recovery for FL Mother Whose 16-Year-Old Son Died on First Day of Work

A Florida appellate court affirmed the denial of death benefits to a mother whose 16-year-old son was killed in a tragic drowning accident on the first day of his part-time...

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...

Alaska Supreme Court Says Estate’s Wrongful Death Action is Barred by Exclusivity Even When Comp Benefits are Limited to Burial Expenses

Addressing a difficult factual pattern for the second time, the Supreme Court of Alaska affirmed a trial court’s decision that had granted summary judgment in favor of a general contractor...

CT Court Affirms Death Benefits Award Following Suicide

The Appellate Court of Connecticut affirmed an award of death benefits to the spouse of an employee who committed suicide following a work-related knee injury, finding that substantial evidence supported...

Ex Parte Communications Sink NY Death Benefits Claim

Showing just how serious New York courts take the issue of ex parte communications between counsel and medical experts, a New York appellate court recently affirmed an order by the...

PA Court: Carefully Planned Suicide Still Compensable

Decision is Consistent with Majority Rule In a holding that is consistent with the dominant rule among American jurisdictions, a Pennsylvania appellate court recently affirmed a Board decision that awarded...