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Alabama: Employer and Employee May Not Confer Jurisdiction Over Claim by Agreement
Posted on 7 Mar 2021 by Thomas A. Robinson

Emphasizing that an employee may not ordinarily contract away his or her right to seek workers’ compensation benefits under the Alabama Workers’ Compensation Act, and stressing that an employer and employee could not limit the jurisdiction... Read More

Tags: conflict of law , Choice of Law , Jurisdiction , choice of forum

California Workers' Comp Case Roundup (10/28/2015)
Posted on 28 Oct 2015 by California Compensation Cases Staff

CALIFORNIA COMPENSATION CASES Vol. 80 No. 10 October 2015 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... Read More

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