A divided South Dakota Supreme Court ruled that a construction worker could not maintain a negligence claim against the general contractor responsible for the project on which he was injured.
Case:…
A unanimous Mississippi Supreme Court ruled that an injured worker’s settlement with his employer exhausted his administrative remedies and that he could proceed with a bad faith claim against the…
A Louisiana appellate court ruled that an employer and its insurance carrier should have been allowed to enforce a settlement agreement and collect reimbursement from an attorney’s trust account for…
An Ohio appellate court upheld an award of death benefits to a worker’s disabled adult son, as well as the denial of benefits to the worker’s ex-wife.
Case: State ex rel.
A New York appellate court ruled that a construction worker was entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law claim based on an alleged fall, despite evidence that he had…
A New York appellate court revived part of a worker’s Labor Law claim based on his fall into a pit at a construction site.
Case: Thorpe v. One Page Park LLC,…