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9/28/2008 12:44:28 PM EST
Dan D. Kohane
Posted by Dan D. Kohane
Senior Partner, Hurwitz & Fine, PC
What will be the order of insurance coverage in a construction accident lawsuit where ...
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9/28/2008 12:35:41 PM EST
William T. Barker and Robert C. Johnson
Posted by William T. Barker and Robert C. Johnson
partners, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP
Under the bad faith law in most jurisdictions, it is often possible to show that a bad faith claim fails as a matter of law. Even though some facts may be in dispute, the disputed fa ...
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9/28/2008 1:11:22 PM EST
Thomas A. Robinson
Posted by Thomas A. Robinson
Author/Editor
At its core, workers compensation differs significantly from tort litigation. As Arth ...
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10/3/2007 11:25:58 AM EST
Merle C Rabine
Posted by Merle C Rabine
Attorney & Former Commissioner, California Workers' Compensation Appeals Board
Recent interest in California Workers' Compensation Appeals Board panel decisions has been fueled by continuing uncertainty of interpretation of parts of Senate Bill 899 and by discussion and debate on the Internet. This commentary, written by Merle C. ...
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11/20/2007 3:22:18 PM EST
Thomas A. Robinson
Posted by Thomas A. Robinson
Author/Editor
Anyone who thinks that workers' compensation law deals primarily with broken bones, low back injuries, and computations of average weekly wages has only to look at recent decisions from around the country to see that the issues examined within the &quo ...
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2/11/2008 6:41:29 PM EST
Thomas A. Robinson
Posted by Thomas A. Robinson
Author/Editor
Under the "at-will" employment doctrine en force within a number of states, an employer may terminate an employee for good reason, for bad reason, or for no reason at all (proponents ...
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10/28/2007 12:42:07 PM EST
Robert G. Rassp, Esq.
Posted by Robert G. Rassp, Esq.
Attorney, Law Offices of Robert G. Rassp
  The California Supreme Court resolved in Brodie v. Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd ., 40 Cal. 4 th 1313, 72 Cal. Comp. Cas 565, 2007 Cal. LEXIS 4334 (May 3, 2007), the conflic ...
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9/18/2007 11:41:55 AM EST
James Ponzio
Posted by James Ponzio
Partner, Mullen & Filippi
The California Supreme Court resolved in Brodie v. Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd., 40 Cal. 4th 1313 (2007), the conflict among the appellate courts as to the correct formula for calculating the permanent disability indemnity when there is a ...
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10/24/2007 11:18:49 PM EST
Vernon R Sumwalt
Posted by Vernon R Sumwalt
Attorney, Sumwalt Law Firm
Vernon Sumwalt on Proving Causation of Work-Related Medical Conditions
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7/13/2008 1:42:06 PM EST
Stephen C Embry
Posted by Stephen C Embry
Attorney, Embry & Neusner
We are all familiar with the story of Solomon, who faced with the claims of two women ...
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7/19/2008 3:19:53 PM EST
Philip J. Fulton
Posted by Philip J. Fulton
Philip J. Fulton Law Office
Philip J. Fulton examines the case of State ...
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7/19/2008 3:28:24 PM EST
Thomas A. Robinson
Posted by Thomas A. Robinson
Author/Editor
Thomas A. Robinson writes that s ignificant attention has been given to the probl ...
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7/19/2008 3:46:45 PM EST
Vernon R Sumwalt
Posted by Vernon R Sumwalt
Attorney, Sumwalt Law Firm
Vernon R. Sumwalt asks:  Which employee “earns” more at work? The one ...
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