This case [ 2011 Tex. App. LEXIS 7881 ] concerns when a jury can disregard the testimony of the only expert who provided opinions or testimony to a jury. Tanner Brown was a City of Port Arthur (City) employee injured during a low-impact collision while... Read More
Here’s the third batch of advanced postings for the January 2014 issue of Cal. Comp. Cases. Lexis.com and Lexis Advance subscribers can link to the case to read the complete headnotes and summaries . © Copyright 2014 LexisNexis. All rights... Read More
By Jennifer C. Jordan, Esq., General Counsel, MEDVALL, LLC On December 4, 2015, the Florida Bar Board of Governors approved 33-9 the Code and Rules of Evidence Committee’s (CREC) recommendation to use the Frye standard for evaluating expert testimony... Read More
A state prosecutor worked for nine years at Jackson County and claims working too hard made him depressed, impaired his ability to concentrate and rendered him unemployable. Kersten v Jackson County , 2015 Mo WCLR Lexis 19 (lexis.com), 2015 Mo WCLR Lexis... Read More
The court of appeals rejected claimant's PTD claim against the second injury fund based on inconsistent opinions of her vocational expert. Carkeek v Treasurer of the State of Mo. , WD 73377 (Mo. App. Oct. 11, 2011) (Free Download), affirmed an award... Read More
Anne Noonan has been named the new Commissioner of the Department of Labor. Ms. Noonan has experience in the VT workers' compensation arena with her prior work with the VSEA. Mary Sarazin, formerly an attorney with Chip Powell's office, has... Read More
A shout out to claimant attorney Mike Galbraith. I asked for some help these next few weeks with highlighting cases and he stepped up with not one, but two. Since I only deem the one blog worthy (and since the other is currently on appeal to the DE Supreme... Read More
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