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Dear Work Comp Community:
This week we report a doozy of case from the federal district court in California. To sign up for this free weekly eNewsletter, click here. To read past issues, access the archives.
Sincerely,
Robin E. Kobayashi, JD
LexisNexis Legal & Professional Operations
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| Defense Base Act Handbook, Roger A. Levy, Editor-in-Chief |  | |
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| going postal? |
 Postal Employee's Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress Action Re: Search Warrant "Invasion" of Residence May Proceed, by Thomas A. Robinson, JD. A federal district court, sitting in California, recently refused to grant the federal government's motion for summary judgment in an intentional infliction of emotional distress action (among other claims) filed against it by a postal service employee who claimed that heavily-armed U.S. Postal Service special agents stormed into her residence and executed an invalid search warrant that had been issued in connection with the government's claim that the woman had engaged in workers' compensation fraud. She alleged that the agents confronted her with guns, aimed their rifles at her dog, "grabbed her," refused to allow her to use her bathroom without being accompanied by one of the officers, and otherwise harassed and intimidated her without justification.... Read more.
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| larson's spotlight: toxic mold, traveling employee, covered claims |
Larson's Spotlight on Interesting Cases, by Thomas A. Robinson, JD
Mississippi: Employee's Tort Action Against Law Firm for Exposure to Toxic Mold Fails. The Supreme Court of Mississippi recently reversed a trial court's denial of a law firm's motion to dismiss a civil action filed against it and the firm's individual partners...read more.
Illinois: "Traveling Employee" Rule Relates to Comp Cases Only; May Not Be Extended to Tort Law. An Illinois appellate court recently held that workers' compensation law's "traveling employee" doctrine may not...read more.
Georgia: Uninsured Fund May Not Challenge Constitutionality of Statutory Amendment Expanding "Covered Claims". A public entity, such as the Georgia Insurers Insolvency Pool, created as it was by the Georgia legislature...read more. |
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| longshore act symposium, oct. 1, 2013 |
Loyola University New Orleans College of Law
In Conjunction with
The United States Department of Labor
Presents
DOL West Coast Symposium III
Tuesday, October 1, 2013
San Francisco Federal Bldg., 90 7th Street, Joint Auditorium B-040 - B-020,
7th and Mission, San Francisco, CA 94103
Register here. The West Coast has unique and interesting developments with respect to processing Longshore and Defense Base Act claims. In conjunction with Loyola University, the U.S. Dept. of Labor is putting on a West Coast Symposium to discuss some of these developments. Topics include Handling Claims before OWCP and the ALJ--A to Z; attorney fee awards; DBA issues including a discussion of 6(c) and pertinent recent legal cases; War Hazards issues; San Francisco OALJ pre-trial Procedures; and much more. CLE Credit Hours: 6.50 |
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Who's Going Postal Now? 
California: A Radical/Diametrical Change in the Law of Apportionment, by Raymond F. Correio, Esq. 
