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Publisher :Matthew Bender
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    Larson's Workers' Compensation Law is the premier source for analysis of workers' compensation law. Comprehensive and authoritative, Larson's is used by all state commissions and cited, with great frequency, by courts in all states.

    For over 46 years, Larson's has been the most trusted name in workers' compensation legal analysis. Originally written by Arthur Larson (1910-1993), the James B. Duke Professor of Law at Duke University Law School and an Under Secretary of Labor, Workers' Compensation Law is now guided by noted legal expert Lex K. Larson.

    Larson's Workers' Compensation Law:

    1. Provided the now standard framework by which workers' compensation law is organized and understood
    2. Covers the nuts and bolts of workers' compensation, as well as newly developing areas of the law
    3. Discusses the variations in state law and their consequences
    4. Brings order to a variety of local practices by grouping states that agree on a particular pattern of law
    5. Provides quick access by both legal principle and fact situation indexing
    6. Provides up-to-date, detailed case summaries for comparison of facts and holdings
    7. Discusses interaction of workers' compensation with other laws, such as the Americans with Disabilities Act, Social Security, and Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act
    8. Contains helpful examples illustrating main points

    Speed your research with complementary practice aids. With Larson's Workers' Compensation Law, you receive:

    1. the "Digest" feature, which expedites access to cases by jurisdiction
    2. state-by-state comparisons of substantive statutory provisions

    Larson's on Workers' Compensation Law is available in 14 volume looseleaf print edition or online via Lexis.com. To order the print edition, please use the online order and checkout option above. To speak to a representative about subscribing to Larson's on Workers' Compensation Law on Lexis.com call: 1.800.227.4908 or visit our Support Center at http://www.lexisnexis.com/support.

    Volume 1
    Ch. 1 The Nature of Workers' Compensation
    Ch. 2 Historical Development of Workers' Compensation
    Ch. 3 The Five Lines of Interpretation of "Arising"
    Ch. 4 The Categories of Risk
    Ch. 5 Acts of God and Exposure
    Ch. 6 The Street-risk Doctrine
    Ch. 7 Positional and Neutral Risks
    Ch. 8 Assaults
    Ch. 9 Risks Personal to the Employee
    Ch. 10 Range of Compensable Consequences
    Ch. 11 [Reserved]
    Ch. 12 Meaning of "Course of Employment"
    Ch. 13 Going To and From Work
    Ch. 14 Journey Itself Part of Service
    Ch. 15 Employer's Conveyance
    Ch. 16 Dual-purpose Trips
    Ch. 17 Deviations
    Chs. 18-19 [Reserved]

    Volume 2
    Ch. 20 General Test of Work Connection as to Activity
    Ch. 21 Personal Comfort Doctrine
    Ch. 22 Recreational and Social Activities
    Ch. 23 Horseplay
    Ch. 24 Resident Employees
    Ch. 25 Traveling Employees
    Ch. 26 Injuries After Quitting or Before Formal Hiring
    Ch. 27 Acts Outside Regular Duties
    Ch. 28 Acts in Emergency
    Ch. 29 Conclusion: Work-connection as Merger of "Arising" and "Course"
    Chs. 30-31 [Reserved]
    Ch. 32 General Irrelevance of Employee Fault
    Ch. 33 Misconduct Apart from Statutory Defenses
    Ch. 34 Statutory Defense of Wilful Misconduct
    Ch. 35 Statutory Defense of Failure to Obey Safety Rules
    Ch. 36 Intoxication
    Ch. 37 Violation of Statute or Commission of Crime
    Ch. 38 Suicide or Intentional Self-injury
    Ch. 39 Employee Fraud
    Chs. 40-41 [Reserved]
    Ch. 42 Meaning of "By Accident"
    Ch. 43 Injury from Usual Exertion or Exposure: The Four Approaches
    Ch. 44 Injury from Usual Exertion or Exposure: What is Unusual?
    Ch. 45 Usual Exertion or Exposure: Breakage Versus Generalized Conditions
    Ch. 46 Usualness: Relation of "By Accident" to "Arising out of the Employment"
    Chs. 47-49 [Reserved]

    Volume 3
    Ch. 50 Definite Time Versus Gradual Injury
    Ch. 51 "Accidental" Infectious Diseases
    Ch. 52 Occupational Disease: General Principles
    Ch. 53 Occupational Disease: Special Principles
    Ch. 54 Occupational Disease: The Black Lung Act
    Ch. 55 Meaning of "Personal Injury"
    Ch. 56 "Personal Injury:" Mental and Nervous Injury
    Chs. 57-59 [Reserved]
    Ch. 60 "Employee" Defined
    Ch. 61 Contractor Distinction: Right to Control Details
    Ch. 62 Contractor Distinction: Relative Nature of Work
    Ch. 63 Deliberate Avoidance of Employment Relation
    Ch. 64 Necessity for "Contract of Hire"
    Ch. 65 Necessity for Payment
    Ch. 66 Illegal Employment; False Job Applications
    Ch. 67 Lent Employees
    Ch. 68 Joint and Dual Employment
    Ch. 69 [Reserved]

    Volume 4
    Ch. 70 Statutory Employees: "Uninsured Contractor Under"
    Ch. 71 Statutory Employees: "Other Non-Employees Deemed Employees"
    Ch. 72 Nonbusiness Employments
    Ch. 73 Casual Employment Not in Course of Usual Business
    Ch. 74 Minimum Number of Employees
    Ch. 75 Farm Labor
    Ch. 76 Executives and Partners
    Ch. 77 Hazardous Employment
    Ch. 78 Public Employment
    Ch. 79 [Reserved]
    Ch. 80 Kinds and Elements of Disability
    Ch. 81 Earnings Creating Presumption of Earning Capacity
    Ch. 82 Actual Earnings as Credit Against Award
    Ch. 83 Total Disability as Affected by Actual Earnings: The "Odd Lot" Doctrine
    Ch. 84 Inability to Get Work Because of Injury as Disability
    Ch. 85 Refusal of Suitable Work
    Ch. 86 Nature of Schedule Benefits
    Ch. 87 Exclusiveness of Schedule Allowances
    Ch. 88 Disfigurement Awards
    Ch. 89 Heritability and Assignability of Claims and Benefits; Taxability of Benefits

    Volume 5
    Ch. 90 Successive Disabilities: General Principles
    Ch. 91 Second Injury Funds
    Ch. 92 Effect of Successive or Concurrent Injuries on Maximum Award
    Ch. 93 Calculation of Wage Basis and Benefits
    Ch. 94 Hospital and Medical Benefits
    Ch. 95 Rehabilitation
    Ch. 96 Statutory Categories of Relationship
    Ch. 97 Dependency in Fact
    Ch. 98 Death Benefits
    Ch. 99 [Reserved]

    Volume 6
    Ch. 100 Nature and Scope of the Exclusiveness Principle
    Ch. 101 Exclusiveness as to Persons Other Than Employee
    Ch. 102 Action Against Employer
    Ch. 103 Intentional Injury by Employer or Its Agent
    Ch. 104 Intentional Injury: Non Physical Injury Torts
    Ch. 105 Statutory Provisions on Employer's Misconduct
    Chs. 106-109 [Reserved]
    Ch. 110 Theory of Third Party Actions
    Ch. 111 Who Are "Third Persons": Types of Statutes
    Ch. 112 Who Are "Third Persons": Particular Entities
    Ch. 113 Who Are "Third Persons": The Dual Persona Doctrine
    Ch. 114 Who Are "Third Persons": Insurers
    Ch. 115 Election
    Ch. 116 Subrogation: General Principles
    Ch. 117 Subrogation: Distribution of Proceeds
    Ch. 118 Proper Parties to Third Party Action
    Ch. 119 [Reserved]

    Volume 7
    Ch. 120 Third Party's Defenses
    Ch. 121 Third Party's Action Over Against Negligent Employer
    Ch. 122 Third Party's Breach of Separate Duty Toward Employer
    Ch. 123 [Reserved]
    Ch. 124 Informality of Compensation Procedure
    Ch. 125 Alternative Dispute Resolution
    Ch. 126 Notice and Claim Periods
    Ch. 127 Evidence in General
    Ch. 128 Medical Evidence
    Ch. 129 [Reserved]

    Volume 8
    Ch. 130 Review of Awards
    Ch. 131 Reopening Awards
    Ch. 132 Agreements and Settlements
    Ch. 133 Attorneys' Fees
    Ch. 134 Witness Fees; Other Costs; Interest
    Ch. 135 Penalties
    Ch. 136-139 [Reserved]

    Volume 9
    Ch. 140 Nature of Compensation Conflicts Problem
    Ch. 141 Successive Awards in Different States
    Ch. 142 Limits on Applicability Imposed by Federal Constitution
    Ch. 143 Limits on Applicability Imposed by State Law
    Ch. 144 Conflicts Involving Damage Suits
    Ch. 145 State Acts Versus Longshore Act
    Ch. 146 Conflicts Involving "Seamen's" Remedies
    Ch. 147 Conflicts Involving the FELA
    Ch. 148 Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act
    Ch. 149 [Reserved]
    Ch. 150 The Semi-Public Nature of Compensation Insurance
    Ch. 151 Construction of Policy Coverage
    Ch. 152 Rights Between Employer and Insurer
    Ch. 153 Rights Between Insurers
    Ch. 154-155 [Reserved]
    Ch. 156 Compensation as Part of General Wage-loss System
    Ch. 157 Coordinating Compensation and Other Wage-loss Benefits
    Ch. 158-159 [Reserved]

    Volume 10
    APPENDICES
    TABLE OF CASES

    Volume 11
    INDEX (A-L)

    Volume 12
    INDEX (M-Z)

     

    Larson, Lex K.


    Lex K. Larson is the President of Employment Law Research, Inc., a Durham, North Carolina organization that specializes in the study of workers' compensation, employment discrimination, and other facets of employment law. A graduate of Haverford College and Harvard Law School, Mr. Larson practiced law for fifteen years in Washington, D.C., and has taught employment law at Duke University School of Law. He is the author of the following five treatises published by Matthew Bender: Workers' Compensation , Workers' Compensation-Desk Edition, Employment Discrimination, Unjust Dismissal, and Employment Screening. He is a member of the North Carolina and District of Columbia Bars and the American and North Carolina Bar Associations. He is a member of the North Carolina Industrial Commission Advisory Committee, he has testified before other legislative and regulatory bodies, and has lectured in CLE courses. He is certified as a Superior Court mediator in North Carolina, and handles Industrial Commission mediations as well. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Dispute Settlement Center of Durham, and he volunteers as a community mediator, and has published on the subject of dispute resolution

    For more information on Lex Larson please visit his site please visit his site

     

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