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State Net
over 8 years ago
Public Policy
Public Policy Law Blog
State Net Capitol Journal: With D.C. Stalled, More States Ponder Regulating E-Cigarettes
By Rich Ehisen The use of electronic cigarettes — battery powered devices that look like a traditional cigarette or cigar but which allow smokers to inhale flavored nicotine in a vapor form that uses no tobacco and produces no secondhand smoke...
Ted Zwayer
over 9 years ago
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Michael Lefkowitz
over 9 years ago
Florida
Florida Law Blog
Florida Appeals Court Vacates Punitive Damages, Allows Compensatories, In Tobacco Case
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — (Mealey’s) A Florida appeals court vacated $50,000 in punitive damages in a smoking wrongful death case Aug. 14, but allowed a compensatory damages award of approximately $957,000 to stand ( R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company...
Rebecca A. Shafer
over 10 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
Workplace Wellness Programs Return on Investment and Implementation Tips
By Rebecca A. Shafer, J.D., President, Amaxx Risk Solutions, Inc. Michael Stack, Editor and Director of Operations, Amaxx LLC. Robin E. Kobayashi, J.D., LexisNexis Legal & Professional Operations, LexisNexis Workers’ Compensation Law Community...
Martin Klug
over 9 years ago
Workers' Compensation
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Missouri: Young Woman Who Won’t Quit Smoking Awarded Permanent Total
Attention Lexis Online Subscribers: Case citations link to lexis.com. Bracketed case citations link to Lexis Advance. A 33 year old woman in Marion County hurt her back lifting a box of books, had back surgery and asserts she was unable to work due...
Larson's Spotlight
over 8 years ago
Workers' Compensation
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Kansas: To Bar Recovery, Drug Impairment Must Be Contemporaneous With Onset of Injury or Condition
A Kansas appellate court held that the state’s statutory provision barring workers’ compensation benefits to “impaired” workers, K.S.A. 2010 Supp. 44-501(d)(2), requires the employer to prove the worker was impaired at the time...
Teresa McLoughlin Rice
over 8 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
Health Behaviors Contribute to Socioeconomic Differences in Mortality
Money Can’t Buy Happiness, But It May Help You Live Longer The panoply of interrelated research on longevity appears to be coalescing around a consensus that socioeconomic status (“SES”) is an important indicator of life expectancy...
Rebecca A. Shafer
over 10 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Workers' Compensation Law Blog
Workplace Wellness Programs Return on Investment and Implementation Tips
By Rebecca A. Shafer, J.D., President, Amaxx Risk Solutions, Inc. Michael Stack, Editor and Director of Operations, Amaxx LLC. Robin E. Kobayashi, J.D., LexisNexis Legal & Professional Operations, LexisNexis Workers’ Compensation Law Community...
Jon Hyman
over 10 years ago
Labor and Employment Law
Labor and Employment Law Blog
Ohio Supreme Court upholds statewide workplace smoking ban
Thursday, May 24, 2012 On November 7, 2006, Ohio voters passed a ballot initiative to enact the Smoke Free Workplace Act. It became effective on December 7, 2006, and is codified in R.C. Chapter 3794 . Generally, to adhere to the Act, businesses...
Margaret (Molly) DiBianca
over 11 years ago
Labor and Employment Law
Labor and Employment Law Blog
Smokers’ Rights in the Employment Context
Can employers refuse to hire a applicants for their tobacco use? In most states, the answer is "yes." Unless the candidate is applying for a job in a State with a "smokers'-rights statute," an employer can refuse to hire candidates...
LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff
over 11 years ago
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Izzarelli v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 95942 (D. Conn., 2011)
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company was denied a new trial or judgment as a matter of law after a 37-year-old smoker with larynx cancer was awarded $11,952,539 against it on claims of strict liability and negligence. The "heightened addictive properties...
LexisNexis Workers' Comp Law Newsroom Staff
over 9 years ago
Workers' Compensation
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National and State-by-State Workers' Comp News Roundup Powered by Larson's (2/11/2013)
Sign up here for our free workers' compensation enewsletters (National or California Edition) to receive weekly news items. Be sure to select the enewsletter of your choice. NATIONAL NEWS : Study Finds High Correlation Between Mental Illness...
LexisNexis Workers' Comp Law Newsroom Staff
over 12 years ago
Workers' Compensation
News Headlines
CO: New DWC Guidelines Help Injured Workers Give Up Smoking
The Colorado Division of Workers' Compensation has approved new treatment guidelines that include smoking-cessation programs for workers with lower-back injuries, shoulder-injury treatments, and treatment for lower extremity injuries, because cessation...
International & Foreign Law Community Staff
over 12 years ago
International Law
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Egypt fights smoking with new tobacco tax
CAIRO - (AP) Egyptian smokers saw prices surge Thursday by as much as 100 percent as the government slapped new taxes on tobacco products in a bid to curb smoking and raise money for public health programs in the Arab world's most populous nation...
Maureen McGuire
over 7 years ago
Litigation
Litigation Blog
Florida Jury Says Smoker Not Addicted, Returns Defense Verdict (Watch Video Excerpts Of The Closing Statements)
PENSACOLA, Fla. — (Mealey’s) A Florida state court jury returned a defense verdict May 21 in a suit alleging that the death of a former smoker from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), coronary artery disease and peripheral vascular...
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