Workers' Compensation

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Workplace Violence: Employer Strategies for Prevention of Violence and Preparing for OSHA Inspections
Posted on 4 Dec 2014 by Thomas A. Robinson

Thomas A. Robinson, J.D., the Feature National Columnist for the LexisNexis Workers’ Compensation eNewsletter , is a leading commentator and expert on the law of workers’ compensation. Despite strides made in recent years in reducing the... Read More

Tags: hypersensitivity , prevention , recordkeeping , company policies , OSHA , workplace hazard , overreaction , abatement , civil liability , OSHA inspection , worksite analysis , workplace homicide , anger , safety and health , workplace violence , management , obsession

Prior Relationship Common Factor in Workplace Homicides: Study Offers Guidance
Posted on 22 Jan 2013 by John Stahl

By John Stahl, Esq. The December 2012 incident at the Sandy Hook Elementary School is a recent example of a mass shooting affecting a person in a workplace (e.g., school principal) with whom the shooter has a prior relationship. A concurrent article... Read More

Tags: mass shooting , violence , homicide , prior relationship , workplace homicide , Sandy Hook , robbery

Prior Relationship Common Factor in Workplace Homicides: Study Offers Guidance
Posted on 22 Jan 2013 by John Stahl

By John Stahl, Esq. The December 2012 incident at the Sandy Hook Elementary School is a recent example of a mass shooting affecting a person in a workplace (e.g., school principal) with whom the shooter has a prior relationship. A concurrent article... Read More

Tags: mass shooting , violence , homicide , prior relationship , workplace homicide , Sandy Hook , robbery

Five Recent Cases You Should Know About (10/8/2010)
Posted on 8 Oct 2010 by Larson's Spotlight

Larson's Spotlight on Medicare Secondary Payer, Increased Risk, Recreational Social Activity, Neutral Risk, and Employment Contract. Larson's surveys the latest case developments that you need to know about. Thomas A. Robinson, the staff writer... Read More

Tags: increased risk standard , neutral risk , street risk , Medicare offsets , employment contract , workplace homicide , medicare secondary payer , recreational social activity , subject matter jurisdiction , course and scope of employment