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Ohio: Employee’s Failure to Follow Safety Rules—Not His Comp Claim—Caused Termination from Employment
Posted on 11 Apr 2021 by Thomas A. Robinson

Where an employee suffered an amputation of a finger when his Kevlar glove became entangled in one of the rotating machines at his employer’s facility, in spite of the fact that the employer had a safety rule, which the employee acknowledged he... Read More

United States: Remoteness of Time Between Claim and Firing Defeats Retaliatory Discharge Action
Posted on 8 Feb 2021 by Thomas A. Robinson

A federal district court, construing Illinois law, held in relevant part that a plaintiff had failed to make out a prima facie case of retaliatory discharge where her firing occurred some four years after she had filed her workers' compensation claim... Read More

New York: Retaliation Charge Unsuccessful in Spite of Proximity of Termination to Filing of Claim
Posted on 20 Jan 2020 by Thomas A. Robinson

In maintaining a retaliatory discharge claim against the former employer, it is not enough, held a New York appellate court, to show close proximity between the filing of a workers’ compensation claim and the termination of employment where the... Read More

Hawaii: Employer’s Decision to Fill Injured Worker’s Position 10 Months After Injury Was not Discriminatory
Posted on 4 Oct 2018 by Thomas A. Robinson

An employer who waited 10 months after an employee’s work-related injury to fill the position and who offered the employee a number of positions when she sought post-recovery employment did not discriminate against the employee “solely because”... Read More

2015 Update from the Benefits Review Board
Posted on 11 Jun 2015 by BRBS Longshore Reporter Staff

By Karen Koenig, Associate General Counsel, Longshore Division, U.S. Department of Labor, Washington, D.C. BRB Personnel News The membership of the Benefits Review Board has changed quite a bit in the past year. Judge Betty Jean Hall, who has been... Read More

Five Recent Cases You Should Know About (4/1/2011)
Posted on 1 Apr 2011 by Larson's Spotlight

Larson's Spotlight on Marijuana Use, Attorney’s Fee, Medical Benefits, Post-Injury Termination, and Inmate Injury. Larson's surveys the latest case developments that you need to know about. Thomas A. Robinson, the staff writer for Larson's... Read More

Five Recent Workers’ Comp Cases You Should Know About (8/5/2011) – Business Owner Saves Comp Premiums and Successfully Limits Injured Worker's AWW Computation By Dividing Business into Two Parts
Posted on 5 Aug 2011 by Larson's Spotlight

Larson's Spotlight on Average Weekly Wage, Attorney’s Fee, Co-Worker Violence, Retaliation, and Heart Attack. Larson's surveys the latest case developments that you need to know about. Thomas A. Robinson, the staff writer for Larson's... Read More