In a split decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit held the Canadian government was not immune from a suit filed against it by a U.S. citizen who sustained a work-related injury while working as an administrative assistant to the Consul... Read More
Stressing that the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition against the imposition of “excessive fines” applies not only to fines that are levied against individuals, but also against corporations, the Supreme Court of Colorado, with one partially... Read More
A claimant may recover pre-judgment interest against the second injury fund under "liberal" construction for unpaid bills of an uninsured employer, according the western court of appeals, reversing the Commission which found interest owed only... Read More
Answering seven certified questions from a magistrate judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota, that state’s Supreme Court concluded that to the extent that a worker could show that her purported employer intentionally... Read More
CALIFORNIA COMPENSATION CASES Vol. 81 No. 12 Dececember 2016 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
CALIFORNIA COMPENSATION CASES Vol. 79 No. 4 April 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
CALIFORNIA COMPENSATION CASES Vol. 81 No. 11 Nov 2016 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
CALIFORNIA COMPENSATION CASES Vol. 83 No. 4 Apr 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
A New Mexico trial court did not abuse its discretion in refusing to reinstate a 2006 Petition filed by the Uninsured Employers’ Fund (“UEF”) against an employer where the UEF’s Petition was initially dismissed, without prejudice... Read More