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Downey v. Western Community College Area, and the Thorny Issue of Employer's Negligence in a Third-Party Suit
By: Christopher M. Reid
If employee is injured on the job, the employer's negligence usually isn't an issue in a workers' compensation claim. But the injured employee may also sue a third party for damages resulting from that on the job injury. Can the third party argue that the negligence of all parties - employee, employer and third party - should be considered? Doing so could of course diminish the percentage of liability allocated to the third party. The Nebraska Supreme Court recently addressed that thorny issue. To read more, click here. |
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The Electronic Workplace: A Liability Minefield for Employers?
By: Andrea D. Snowden
"With just a few clicks of a mouse, an employer may lose valuable trade secrets and confidential information, be liable for violating copyright laws, or be exposed to claims that it permitted a hostile work environment. The pervasive and ubiquitous nature and exponential growth of electronic mail and the Internet highlight the need to monitor the electronic workplace to curb that liability."[i]
This certainly sums up the types of problems an employer might find itself facing in the modern world where employees have nearly unlimited access to electronic communication during the workday. As a general matter, employees have no reasonable expectation of privacy in their workplace e-mail and Internet usage. So, what happens when an employer actually acquires information through electronic monitoring and acts - or fails to act - on that information? To read more, click here.
[i] Porter & Griffaton, "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea: Monitoring the Electronic Workplace," 70 Def. Couns. J. 65 (2003). |
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SAVE THE DATE
2012 Baylor Evnen Client Seminar
September 20, 2012
Please mark your calendars to attend the 2012 Client Seminar, which will focus on workers' compensation and employment law. Be sure to watch your e-mail this summer for more information. |
Practical Implications of the Supreme Court's decision in US v. Jones
By: Peter W. Katt & Jason D. Bring
The U.S. Supreme Court's decision in United States v. Jones, 132 S. Ct. 945 (2012) could have been a landmark decision for proponents of a broader Fourth Amendment; however, the Supreme Court decided that it did not have to address the broader issue of invasion of privacy. Instead, the Court fit the case into traditional notions of invasion of property; choosing to follow an established principle rather than addressing a broader constitutional issue. Click here, to continue reading. |
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