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Death by Corn Dog and Other Ridiculous Lawsuits

06 Feb, 2023 Bob Wilson

It’s time we take a brief respite from the herky jerky everyday world of workers’ compensation, and look at some other employment related stories that remind us how ridiculous the world in which we live, […]

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    If you chose A, you sided with the court in Pernice v. Harlan Elec. Co., No. 534832 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. App. Div. 06/01/23), which concluded that the electrician was acting with the scope of his employment […]
    Workers’ Comp 101 Round-Up

    Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) — You might have noticed in our legal- and compliance-oriented stories, we like to give you a little bit of nuts-and-bolts info that we call Workers’ Comp 101. To help you keep […]
    How the Court Ruled

    If you chose B you sided with the court in Larson. v. Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission, No. 4-22-0522WC (Ill. Ct. App. 05/22/23), which affirmed the Commission’s determination that there was no employment contract, express or implied, […]

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    How the Court Ruled

    If you chose A, you sided with the court in Pernice v. Harlan Elec. Co., No. 534832 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. App. Div. 06/01/23), which concluded that the electrician was acting with the scope of his employment […]
    Workers’ Comp 101 Round-Up

    Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) — You might have noticed in our legal- and compliance-oriented stories, we like to give you a little bit of nuts-and-bolts info that we call Workers’ Comp 101. To help you keep […]
    How the Court Ruled

    If you chose B you sided with the court in Larson. v. Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission, No. 4-22-0522WC (Ill. Ct. App. 05/22/23), which affirmed the Commission’s determination that there was no employment contract, express or implied, […]
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    If you chose A, you sided with the court in Serrata v. Suffolk County Police Department, No. 534726 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. App. Div. 05/18/23), which held that the special errand exception applied to the claim. The […]
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    If you chose A, you sided with the court in Dimeo v. Trinity Health Corp., No. 535739 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. App. Div. 05/18/23), which held that the therapist’s heart attack, while it may have been triggered […]
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    If you selected B, you agreed with the court in Horne v. XL Insurance America Inc., 2023 WL 3354317 (N.D. Miss. 05/10/23), in which the court ruled against the worker, finding that she did not […]

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