Workers' Compensation

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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

U.S. Supreme Court Issues Much Anticipated Decision in Roberts v. Sea-Land Services, Inc.
Posted on 24 Mar 2012 by Roger A. Levy

By Roger A. Levy, Esq., Of Counsel, Laughlin, Falbo, Levy & Moresi, San Francisco, California On March 20, 2012 the U.S. Supreme Court answered the question of the meaning of LHWCA Sec. 6(c)'s "newly awarded compensation" clause in... Read More

Tags: Roger Levy , compensation order , newly awarded compensation , Roberts vs. Sea-Land Services , workers' compensation benefits , United States Supreme Court , LHWCA , Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act , longshore , average weekly wage , disability benefits