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STEVEDORING SERV. OF AM. v. DIR., OFFICE OF WORKERS' COMP. PROGRAMS

United States Ninth Circuit
Admiralty, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
An employer who is liable under the "last employer" doctrine of the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act cannot escape liability merely...
07/30/2002 01-70354/61

ALEXANDER v. DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF WORKERS' COMP. PROGRAMS

United States Ninth Circuit
Admiralty, Workers' Compensation
Under 33 U.S.C. section 903(e) of the Longshore and Harbor Workers Compensation Act, an employee's settlements with prior employers for long term...
07/16/2002 00-70762

JEFFERSON v. CALIFORNIA DEP'T OF YOUTH AUTH.

Supreme Court of California
Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
The terms of a compromise and release executed in a worker's compensation proceeding, releasing "all claims and causes of action" relating to the...
07/01/2002 S097104

EXCEL CORP. v. APODACA

Supreme Court of Texas
Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In an employee's suit against his employer for negligence in failing to provide a safe workplace, evidence did not exist to support a jury finding...
06/27/2002 01-0358

ARGONAUT INS. CO. v. BAKER

Supreme Court of Texas
Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
A workers' compensation insurance carrier must be reimbursed from settlement proceeds for benefits paid to and on behalf of an injured employee,...
06/20/2002 01-0287

CITY OF OAKLAND v. WORKERS' COMP. APPEALS BD.

California Court of Appeal
Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In concluding that a demotion did not qualify as a "good faith" personnel action, the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board applied an incorrect...
06/11/2002 A095800

PALESTINI v. GEN. DYNAMICS CORP.

California Court of Appeal
Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
Dismissal of a complaint, seeking damages for exposure to carcinogenic chemicals, was improper where sufficient facts stated a cause of action for...
06/10/2002 D037590

CONTINENTAL CAS. CO. v. DOWNS

Supreme Court of Texas
Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
Under Texas Labor Code sections 409.021 and 409.022, a carrier that fails to begin benefit payments as required by the Texas Workers' Compensation...
06/06/2002 00-1309

US SUGAR CORP. v. HENSON

Supreme Court of Florida
Evidence, Workers' Compensation
A Judge of Compensation Claims is required to apply the standards of Frye v. U.S., 293 F. 1013, prior to admitting expert opinions concerning novel...
06/06/2002 SC01-1127

COOPER/T. SMITH STEVEDORING CO. v. LIUZZA

United States Fifth Circuit
Admiralty, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
Section 914(j) of the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act does not provide a basis for an employer to be reimbursed for its overpayment of...
06/05/2002 01-60643

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