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Troutman Sanders
over 8 years ago
Insurance Law
Insurance Law
California Court of Appeal Holds Adjusters May Be Sued For Negligent Misrepresentations Made Within the Course and Scope of Their Employment
By William D. Burger, Jr. and Negar Azarfar The California Court of Appeal held in Bock v. Hansen , 225 Cal. App. 4th 215 (2014), [ enhanced version available to lexis.com subscribers ], that an insurance adjuster may be held liable to an insured under...
Cassandra Roberts
over 7 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
Catherine the Great on The Porcelain Throne…… and The Personal Comfort Doctrine in Delaware
Not since my post on Defecation Syncope (7/27/10) have I had this much fun. One of my personal faves as to claimant’s counsel, Cynthia Pruitt --protecting the rights of workers everywhere to empty their bladders on the job…… and then...
Cassandra Roberts
over 11 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
Mona Lisa Smile…….Not In This Delaware Dental Case!!
Holiday greetings to one and all. And a shout out to my new urban legend, that rascal Gary Baker. Do y'all remember my post of 7/22/09? Titled "Gone to the Dogs...." , it was a little ditty about course and scope and the idiopathic fall...
Larson's Spotlight
over 9 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
Larson’s Spotlight on Recent Cases: No Benefits for Salmonella Poisoning From Catered Lunch
Larson's Spotlight on Course and Scope, Exclusive Remedy, and Causal Connection. Larson's surveys the latest case developments that you need to know about. Thomas A. Robinson, the staff writer for Larson's Workers' Compensation Law , has...
Cassandra Roberts
over 7 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
A Little Béarnaise, a Proud Mama……and a Delaware Decision on Course & Scope
For those who don’t know it, Sweet Caroline is now working in litigation support for a few of my friends at Doroshow Pasquale, including Tara Bustard. No shrinking violet herself, Caroline couldn’t have a better role model for the proposition...
Jennifer Jordan
over 7 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
Tragedy in Paris Reminds Us that Workplace Violence Is a Serious Risk
As the 2015 National Workers’ Compensation and Disability Conference concluded in Las Vegas last week, there were workers in restaurants and the concert venue in Paris experiencing real time workplace violence scenarios just like those discussed...
Stuart D. Colburn
over 7 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
Texas Workers’ Compensation Update: 2015 and the Year Ahead
By Stuart D. Colburn, Esq., and Albert Betts, Jr., Esq., Co-Authors, Texas Workers’ Compensation Law This year marks an anniversary that will not be celebrated with a parade or even a mention on the local news. But it is significant to those...
Thomas A. Robinson
over 7 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
The Top 10 Bizarre Workers’ Compensation Cases for 2015
Last November, I had the pleasure of speaking at the 24th Annual National Workers’ Compensation and Disability Conference in Las Vegas. My session was a spin-off of what has become one of my most popular annual blog offerings—a presentation...
Larson's Spotlight
over 6 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
Ohio: Employee Injured When Struck by Co-Employee’s Driverless Vehicle May Not Recover in Tort
An Ohio court affirmed a trial court’s summary judgment in favor of a defendant who had been sued by a co-employee who sustained injuries in a bizarre accident that occurred in the employer’s parking lot. The two employees had completed their...
Cassandra Roberts
over 10 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Causation & AOE-COE Issues
"Blunder Down Under" – An Interview With Cassandra Roberts On the Australian Rough Sex In A Hotel Workers’ Compensation Claim
Cassandra Roberts of Young, Conaway, Stargatt & Taylor LLP discusses an Australian workers' comp case involving injury to a government worker attending a conference (referred to the Australian rough sex case), the view of course and scope in Australia...
Robin E. Kobayashi
over 10 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Causation & AOE-COE Issues
The Company Outing: Course of Employment Issues
Summer is right around the corner, and with it comes annual company picnics, baseball games, parties and the like. These types of events raise a host of workers’ comp issues for employers. For example, last week my manager took our entire team...
Cassandra Roberts
over 9 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Causation & AOE-COE Issues
Do That To Me One More Time……..Australian Sex Case Reversed As To Course and Scope
You just have to love that rare and special intersection where our law practice comes smack up against a little afternoon delight. My posts of 4/23/12 (Kangaroo Court) , 4/25/12 (A Roll in the Hay) , and 4/27/12 (A Head-Banging Good Time) heralded the...
Cassandra Roberts
over 10 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Causation & AOE-COE Issues
The Savvy Sleuth Returns....And Course & Scope Victory Is Once Again His In This Delaware Remand
Today's post is the part two of my 9/8/10 post titled " The Case of the Savvy Sleuth "...... It was one of defense attorney Gary Baker's (Elzufon, Austin, Tarlov & Mondell) finest hours as he defeated the claim of a double amputee...
Cassandra Roberts
over 11 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Causation & AOE-COE Issues
The PRO Sports Hall of Fame: A Couple of Golden Oldies on Athletic Events in DE
A special thank you to PRO Physical Therapy for their hospitality last week at Citizens Bank Park..... Aspiring athletes Ben & Allison Lengkeek enjoy a night at Citizens Bank Park, compliments of PRO Physical Therapy. Their Dad is my partner...
Cassandra Roberts
over 10 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Causation & AOE-COE Issues
In Search of a Dirt Devil: Delaware IAB Rejects Course & Scope Defenses
Today's post is a salute to my lack of ego. Yep, I am going to break my own rule and post about one of my cases....and take it a step further and tell y'all about a case I recently lost to Matt Bartkowski of Kimmel, Carter, Roman & Peltz....
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