Larson's Spotlight on Undocumented Worker, Employee Status, Borrowing Employer, and Tort Action Against Third Party. Larson's surveys the latest case developments that you need to know about. Thomas A. Robinson, the staff writer for Larson's... Read More
The definition of “employee” contained within the Massachusetts independent contractor statute (Mass. Gen. Laws Ann. ch. 149, § 148B), does not displace the definition of “employee” contained in the state’s workers’... Read More
By Julius Young, Esq., Richard M. Jacobsmeyer, Esq., Barry D. Bloom, Co-Editors-in-Chief, Herlick, California Workers' Compensation Handbook This 2016 edition is the 35th edition of Herlick, California Workers’ Comp Handbook (hereinafter... Read More
Where there was virtually no evidence that a construction worker’s actions were controlled by the purported employer and where it also appeared that the purported employer exercised little, if any, control over the injured worker’s work or... Read More
The North Carolina Industrial Commission did not err in concluding that plaintiff (“Bentley”) was an independent contractor—and not an employee—of a construction company where it appeared, in relevant part, that Bentley held himself... Read More
Where a subcontractor’s worker sustained serious injuries when he attempted to use a grinder—owned by the project’s contactor and which did not have a required safety guard—and where there was a conflict in the evidence as to whether... Read More
A federal district court held that a trucking company’s drivers were employees, rather than independent contractors where, among other things, none of the drivers maintained a separate trucking business, none held himself out to the public as a... Read More
Here’s the first batch of advanced postings for the April 2013 issue of Cal. Comp. Cases. Lexis.com and Lexis Advance subscribers can link to the case to read the complete headnotes and summaries. © Copyright 2013 LexisNexis. All rights... Read More
A driver who leased a semi-truck and trailer from one firm and, pursuant to an arrangement with a transportation broker, transported steel for the defendant corporation was the latter’s employee for purposes of workers’ compensation since... Read More
To not apply the possibly antiquated rules set forth in Borello to the new “share” economy could mean that thousands of new workers in California go without necessary protections The Uber business model could be a sea change in how many... Read More
CALIFORNIA COMPENSATION CASES Vol. 79 No. 7 July 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... Read More
Here’s the fourth batch of advanced postings for December 2014 issue of Cal. Comp. Cases. Lexis.com and Lexis Advance subscribers can link to the cases to read the complete headnotes and summaries. © Copyright 2014 LexisNexis. All rights... Read More
Here’s the second batch of advanced postings for the August 2012 issue of Cal. Comp. Cases. Lexis.com subscribers can link to the case to read the complete headnotes and summary. © Copyright 2012 LexisNexis. All rights reserved. Matthew... Read More
Here’s the third batch of advanced postings for the March 2013 issue of Cal. Comp. Cases. L e xis.com and Lexis Advance subscribers can link to the cases to read the complete headnotes and summaries. © Copyright 2013 LexisNexis. All rights... Read More
Larson's Spotlight on Psychiatric Injury, Domestic Servant, Tort Claim, Employee Status, and LHWCA Coverage. Larson's surveys the latest case developments that you need to know about. Thomas A. Robinson, the staff writer for Larson's Workers'... Read More