Workers' Compensation

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California Workers' Comp Case Roundup (5/4/2014)
Posted on 5 May 2014 by California Compensation Cases Staff

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

Tags: statute of limitations , attorney's fees , disability retirement , vicarious liability , negligence , employment relationship , civil actions , special employers , California workers compensation , uninsured employers , equitable estoppel , qualified medical examiners , public employees , general employers , exclusive remedy rule , subsequent injuries , equitable tolling

Louisiana: Bonuses Paid at Start and Finish of Out-of-State Work Did Not Turn Travel Into Employment Activity
Posted on 22 Jan 2016 by Larson's Spotlight

A Louisiana appellate court affirmed summary judgment in favor of a defendant employer whose employee rear-ended a van, killing the van’s driver and causing catastrophic injuries to the plaintiff who was a passenger in the van. At the time of the... Read More

Tags: Louisiana workers compensation , bonus , motor vehicle accident , employment activity , vicarious liability , travel , out-of-state work , control , course and scope of employment

California Workers’ Comp Case Roundup (3/12/2015)
Posted on 12 Mar 2015 by California Compensation Cases Staff

CALIFORNIA COMPENSATION CASES Vol. 80 No. 2 February 2015 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

Tags: admissibility of evidence , joinder , premises line , Psyche , vicarious liability , California workers compensation , independent contractors , firefighter’s rule , going and coming rule , exclusive remedy , Motor Carriers , anti-SLAPP , sleep disorder , utilization review , third party action , bunkhouse rule , illegal alien

Use of Workers’ Comp Doctrines Within Tort Arena: Borrowed Legal Doctrines Don’t Really Fit
Posted on 10 Nov 2013 by Thomas A. Robinson

Attention Lexis Online Subscribers: Citations below link to lexis.com. Bracketed citations link to Lexis Advance . During a conversation years ago with my mentor and friend, Arthur Larson, I asked him if there were special challenges in teaching workers’... Read More

Tags: tort , vicarious liability , workers' compensation benefits , going and coming rule , substantially certain rule , special errand , respondeat superior , course and scope of employment

California Workers' Comp Case Roundup (10/3/2014)
Posted on 3 Oct 2014 by California Compensation Cases Staff

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

Tags: fraudulent concealment , franchisors , intentional infliction of emotional distress , pleadings , vicarious liability , employment relationship , California workers compensation , independent contractors , exclusive remedy rule , sexual harassment , verification