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November 21, 2020

United States: Employee's Tort Action Against Non-Conforming Employer May Not be Removed

A Texas injured employee's tort action against a non-subscribing employer arises out of common law--not from the Texas Workers' Compensation Act ("the Act")--held a federal district court sitting in the court's Western District. Accordingly...
December 19, 2019

United States: West Virginia Retaliatory Discharge Action May Not Be Removed to Federal Court

Because a retaliatory discharge action was “integrally related” to the West Virginia Workers’ Compensation Act, it could not be removed to federal court under 28 U.S.C.S. § 1445(c), held the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of...
September 28, 2017

California Workers’ Comp Case Roundup: 10/3/2017

CALIFORNIA COMPENSATION CASES Vol. 82, No. 9 September 2017 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 ...
June 03, 2015

Failure to List Applicant as Employee and to Report Payroll Did Not Defeat Insurance Coverage: Cal. Comp. Cases June Advanced Postings (6/3/2015)

Here’s the second batch of advanced postings for the June 2015 issue of Cal. Comp. Cases. Lexis.com and Lexis Advance subscribers can link to the cases to read the complete headnotes and summaries. © Copyright 2015 LexisNexis. All rights reserved. Florists...