The Supreme Judicial Court of Maine held that an estate’s wrongful death action against the deceased employee’s employer was barred by the exclusive remedy provisions of the Maine Workers’ Compensation Act where the undisputed evidence indicated the deceased employee...
Washington state courts may not use the “substantially certain” test to determine whether an employer’s actions against an injured worker were intentional, again held the Supreme Court of Washington in a split decision. Accordingly, a widow’s...
The Supreme Court of Virginia affirmed the dismissal of a widow’s wrongful death action filed against the chief of police of the City of Norfolk and other police officials following the death of her husband, who died after receiving several blows to the head during...
The estate of a residential treatment counselor at a mental health clinic may not maintain a wrongful death action against two directors of the mental health association that employed the decedent, held the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts. The counselor...