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Thomas A. Robinson
over 2 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
Missouri: Special “Enhanced Benefit” for Worker’s Mesothelioma Does Not Apply Ex Post Facto
A special provision in the Missouri Act that provides for an additional amount of compensation equal to 300 percent of the state’s average weekly wage for 200 weeks if the employer has elected to accept liability for mesothelioma did not apply to...
Thomas A. Robinson
over 4 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
South Carolina: $14 Million Verdict Stands Since Worker Was Not Statutory Employee of Manufacturer
Affirming a judgment entered on a $14 million verdict in a mesothelioma case against a former textile manufacturer, the South Carolina Court of Appeals held that the deceased maintenance worker was not the statutory employee of the defendant’s predecessor...
William A. Ruskin
over 9 years ago
Consumer Protection & Privacy
Consumer Protection and Privacy Law Blog
William A. Ruskin: U.S. Bankruptcy Court Exposes Plaintiff Scheme To Suppress Asbestos Exposure Evidence
By William A. Ruskin On January 10, 2014, the Hon. George R. Hodges, United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of North Carolina, handed down a decision that promises to be a “game changer” for asbestos manufacturers facing...
Larson's Spotlight
over 7 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
California: Exclusive Remedy Provision Bars Separate Suit Related to Asbestos-Laden Pipes Carried Home for Home Projects
Where survivors of a worker who died of asbestos-related mesothelioma sued the employer, a pipe manufacturer, for wrongful death, alleging that in addition to his workplace exposure to asbestos, the worker was also permitted to take waste or scrap pipe...
Martin Klug
over 9 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
Missouri: M is for Meso
Missouri has radically changed the comp rules for workers with mesothelioma with a new category of “occupational disease due to toxic exposure.” What is mesothelioma? Mesothelioma is a rare and highly aggressive disease related to asbestos...
Larson's Spotlight
over 8 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
Washington: Widow’s Wrongful Death Action for Husband’s Mesothelioma Barred by Exclusivity
Washington state courts may not use the “substantially certain” test to determine whether an employer’s actions against an injured worker were intentional, again held the Supreme Court of Washington in a split decision. Accordingly,...
California Compensation Cases Staff
over 7 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
Decedent Electrician Suffered Injurious Exposure to Asbestos Fibers: Cal. Comp. Cases June Advanced Postings (6/9/2015)
Here’s the third batch of advanced postings for the June 2015 issue of Cal. Comp. Cases. Lexis.com and Lexis Advance subscribers can link to the cases to read the complete headnotes and summaries. © Copyright 2015 LexisNexis. All rights...
California Compensation Cases Staff
over 8 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
California Workers' Comp Case Roundup (6/14/2014)
CALIFORNIA COMPENSATION CASES Vol. 79 No. 5 May 2014 A Report of En Banc and Significant Panel Decisions of the WCAB and Selected Court Opinions of Related Interest, With a Digest of WCAB Decisions Denied Judicial Review CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE...
Larson's Spotlight
over 7 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
Illinois: Exclusive Remedy Barred Case In Spite of Fact That Worker Contracted Mesothelioma After Statute of Limitations Had Run
The exclusive remedy provisions of the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Act and the Illinois Workers’ Occupational Diseases Act (collectively “the Acts”) bar an employee’s cause of action (and that of his or her estate) against...
Bryan Redding
over 9 years ago
New York
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New York Jury Awards $190 Million To Plaintiffs In 5 Asbestos Cases Consolidated For Trial
NEW YORK — (Mealey’s) A New York County jury on July 23 awarded $190 million to plaintiffs in five asbestos cases consolidated for trial, sources told Mealey Publications ( Santo Assenzio v. A.O. Smith Water Products , Robert Brunck v A.O...
Martin Klug
over 11 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Exclusive Remedy
MO: Western District Announces 'Open Season' On Employers
Just when Missouri business was feeling good about things after comp reform, the court of appeals has now announced open season and allows claimants with occupational disease cases to go after their employers in circuit court instead of comp. State ex...
Martin Klug
over 11 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Exclusive Remedy
Missouri: Court Keeps Civil Case Alive for Work-place Injury
The employer lost its summary judgment in a suit by an employee involving an injury at work based on a plain error review by the court of appeals. The claimant had a pending worker's compensation case which had not resolved whether claimant had an...
LexisNexis Emerging Issues Community Staff
over 12 years ago
Top Emerging Trends
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Legal News Video Update - May 10, 2010
Among the stories on this video edition of LexisNexis Legal News, numerous lawsuits have been filed as a result of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill and the U.S. Supreme Court hears oral arguments over whether those who signed a referendum petition opposing...
Martin Klug
over 11 years ago
Workers' Compensation
News Headlines
MO: Western District Announces 'Open Season' On Employers
Just when Missouri business was feeling good about things after comp reform, the court of appeals has now announced open season and allows claimants with occupational disease cases to go after their employers in circuit court instead of comp. State ex...
Larson's Spotlight
over 12 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Workers' Compensation Law Blog
Five Recent Cases You Should Know About (7/23/2010)
Larson's Spotlight on Filing of Claim, Accidental Injury vs. Normal Work Routine, Mesothelioma Death Claim, Post-Traumatic Stress Claim, and Occupational Disease. Larson's surveys the latest case developments that you need to know about. Thomas...
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