A grave digger’s allegations that he had sustained emotional distress injuries resulting from the fact that, as part of his employment duties, he was sometimes required to step onto the top of caskets during the burial process was insufficient to... Read More

Allegations by a former prison detention officer that his former employer was liable in tort for negligent supervision and intentional infliction of emotional distress (IIED) were dismissed by a federal district court sitting in California. The plaintiff... Read More

A plaintiff's civil action against a third-party administrator (TPA) for bad faith delay and denial of workers' compensation benefits and intentional infliction of emotional distress may move forward, held a Delaware court as it considered the... Read More

A federal court sitting in Nevada dismissed a sales executive’s cause of action against his former employer for negligent hiring, training, supervision, and retention of another employee and dismissed as well a claim that the former employer was... Read More

A Federal district court in California granted an employer’s motion for summary judgment on exclusive remedy grounds as to one count of plaintiff’s complaint that alleged an intentional infliction of emotional distress (“IIED”... Read More

CALIFORNIA COMPENSATION CASES Vol. 79 No. 9 September 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... Read More

A federal district court, sitting in California, recently refused to grant the federal government’s motion for summary judgment in an intentional infliction of emotional distress action (among other claims) filed against it by a postal service employee... Read More

CALIFORNIA COMPENSATION CASES Vol. 82 No. 2 Feb 2017 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

In a diversity action filed by the spouse of an injured worker against the third-party firm administering her husband's workers' compensation claim, a federal district court recently refused to grant the defendant's summary judgment motion... Read More

In a diversity action filed by the spouse of an injured worker against the third-party firm administering her husband's workers' compensation claim, a federal district court recently refused to grant the defendant's summary judgment motion... Read More