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Torres-Rivera v. Calderon Serra

Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
Law 94, which establishes a new structure for the Industrial Commission to hear workers' compensation claims, does not violate plaintiff's First...

Sunderland v. Lockheed Martin

Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
The commercial traveler rule of workers' compensation law may not be incorporated into the respondeat superior doctrine.

Nat'l Union Fire Ins. Co. v. McDougall

Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
Summary judgment in favor of plaintiff's civil action for the payment of workers' compensation benefits is affirmed over defendant-insurance company's...

Leonard v. Southwestern Bell Corp.

Attorney's Fees, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In a dispute concerning an employer's benefit plan, denial of plaintiff's motion for attorney's fees is reversed where his suit has benefited others.

Jarrard v. CDI Telecomm.

Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
Ind. Code section 22-3-4-12.1, which grants exclusive jurisdiction to the Indiana Worker's Compensation Board to determine whether a worker's...

Bell Atl. v. Saporito

Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In a suit concerning workers' compensation benefits, the trial judge erred in concluding that plaintiff's erroneous characterization of some payments...

R.D. Masonry, Inc. v. Industrial Comm'n

Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In the matter of a worker's compensation claim, claimant's petition for payment of benefits is denied where the statute on suspending payments is...

Calvert v. Firstar Fin. Inc.

ERISA, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
Denial of long-term disability benefits to plaintiff is reversed where defendant-plan administrator acted arbitrarily and capriciously in violation of...

Boyd and Stevenson v. Office of Workers' Comp.

Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
The Benefits Review Board erred when it held that plaintiff-coal company was responsible for payment of survivor benefits to a miner's widow.

Cal. Ins. Guarantee Ass'n v. Workers Comp. Appeals Bd.

Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In a suit for reimbursement of workers compensation benefits, plaintiff is not responsible for an insurance company's reimbursement claim where the...