Workers' Compensation

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California Workers' Comp Case Roundup (7/9/2018)
Posted on 9 Jul 2018 by LexisNexis Workers' Comp Law Newsroom Staff

CALIFORNIA COMPENSATION CASES Vol. 83 No. 6 June 2018 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

Tags: hirer's liability , compromise and release , California workers compensation , negligent hiring , privette doctrine , exclusive remedy rule

United States: Sales Executive’s Claims for Negligent Hiring and Emotional Distress Held Barred
Posted on 15 Apr 2016 by Larson's Spotlight

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

Tags: Nevada workers compensation , negligent infliction of emotional distress , intentional infliction of emotional distress , negligent hiring , exclusive remedy rule , sexual harassment

Georgia: Parent’s Wrongful Death Action for Negligent Hiring of Convicted Felon May Proceed
Posted on 26 Feb 2016 by Larson's Spotlight

Where an employee was shot and killed by a co-employee on the special employer’s premises for no apparent reason—the two hardly knew each other and had no difficulties with each at work—the death did not arise out of and in the course... Read More

Tags: felon , temporary worker , Georgia workers compensation , wrongful death , co-employee , negligent hiring , exclusive remedy , employment agency , special employer , convicted felon

Five Recent Cases You Should Know About (5/27/2011)
Posted on 27 May 2011 by Larson's Spotlight

Larson's Spotlight on Contractor Liability, Removal from Labor Force, Negligent and Reckless Hiring, Average Weekly Wage, and Compensable Claim. Larson's surveys the latest case developments that you need to know about. Thomas A. Robinson, the... Read More

Tags: Retirement , reckless hiring , removal from labor force , negligent hiring , exclusive remedy , contractor liability , immunity , average weekly wage , compensable claim