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U.S. Fidelity v. Lee Investments

Labor & Employment Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Procedure, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In diversity action by plaintiff-insurance company seeking rescission of a workers compensation policy, judgment of the district court denying motion...

Robidoux v. Muholland

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In an injury and tort action arising from injuries plaintiff suffered while working at a construction site in Rhode Island, summary judgment in favor...

California Shock Trauma Air Rescue v. State Compensation Ins. Fund

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In an dispute arising from several state-law claims and involving the issue of whether the expectation of a federal defense, without more, is...

Brown v. Desert Christian Center

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Workers' Compensation
In a tort and injury action arising out of injuries suffered by plaintiff while doing work at a worksite owned by defendant, denial of award of cost...

Angelotti v. The Walt Disney Co.

Entertainment Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In a tort action alleging that defendant was liable to plaintiff for injuries suffered while rehearsing a stunt for a film, grant summary judgment in...

Consolidation Coal Co. v. Benefits Review Bd.

Administrative Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
The Benefit Review Board's (Board) affirmance of an ALJ's decision and order that petitioner must pay an employee benefits under the Longshore and...

Albina Engine & Machine v. Director, OWCP

Administrative Law, Workers' Compensation
In a petition for review of a decision of the Benefits Review Board upholding the Administrative Law Judge's (ALJ) ruling that petitioner was liable...

Leordeanu v. Am. Prot. Ins. Co.

Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In plaintiff's suit against an insurer for denying her claims for workers' compensation for sustaining serious injuries in a car accident, the court...

San Francisco Unified Sch. Dist. v. Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd.

Administrative Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In a school district's petition for writ of review of an ALJ's conclusion that the claimant suffered a psychiatric injury caused predominantly by...

Roberts v. Director, OWCP

Administrative Law, Admiralty, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In a petition for review of an Office of Workers Compensation Programs' order partially granting petitioner's request for benefits under the Longshore...