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Brown v. Cassens Transp. Co.

Civil Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In an action alleging that defendants employed mail and wire fraud in a scheme to deny plaintiffs worker's compensation benefits under the Michigan...

Travelers Prop. Casualty Co. of Am. v. ConocoPhillips Co.

Commercial Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Workers' Compensation
In a dispute over a workers' compensation insurance policy following a refinery fire, summary judgment and costs awarded to defendant are affirmed...

Lane v. Celadon Trucking, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In a case involving application of Indiana's lien reduction statute to defendant's worker's compensation subrogation lien on proceeds from a...

Medrano v. Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd.

Government Benefits, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In a workers' compensation matter, decision finding that amount of petitioner's earning from subsequent employment must be subtracted from vocational...

Abena v. Metro. Life Ins. Co.

Contracts, ERISA, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In an ERISA suit seeking continuation of long-term disability payments, summary judgment for defendants on the basis that plaintiff's claim was...

Cincinnati Indem. Co. v. A & K Constr. Co.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In workers' compensation insurer's suit seeking a declaratory judgment that an individual was not an employee of defendant when he was injured,...

Dept. of Corr. and Rehab. v. Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd.

Government Law, Workers' Compensation
In an adjudication of a workers' compensation claim, judgment in favor of respondent is affirmed where: 1) Lab. Code section section 4663(e) was in...

Franzen v. Ellis Corp.

Attorney's Fees, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies, Workers' Compensation
In a suit alleging violations of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), breach of contract, and retaliation by defendant-employer, judgment that...

Grabowski v. Mangler

Construction, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In a negligence action against plaintiffs' co-employees who were engaged in horseplay at a job site that injured plaintiff, summary judgment for...

Merritt v. United Parcel Serv.

Administrative Law, Evidence, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
Decision of Industrial Accident Board to terminate disability plaintiffs paid to claimant by employer is reversed where an admission by employer that...