KY Power Company Immune From Tort Suit Where Tree Trimming Subcontractor’s Employee Sustained Fatal Injuries

VA Trial Court Says Teacher Shot by 6-Year-Old Student May Proceed Against School District in Tort

Rendering Aid to an Injured Worker: Potential Liability under the Dual Capacity/Dual Persona Theory

IA Supreme Court: Nature of Damages, Not Framing of Tort, Determines Viability of Civil Action Against Employer

North Carolina: “Willful Negligence” Claim Against Co-Employee/Manager Fails

Issue Commentary: Can Employer Be Liable in Tort for Failure to Gather Evidence to Assist Injured Worker in Third-Party Action?

Issue Commentary: After 32 Years, NC Courts Still Struggle with “Substantial Certainty” Test

SC Comp Act Prevents Recovery of UM Benefits by Injured Employee Against Co-Employee

New Mexico Court Discusses State’s “Peculiar” Going and Coming Rule

In an unusual case that turned on the “peculiar” wording of New Mexico’s statutory going and coming rule, the Court of Appeals of New Mexico affirmed a decision by a...

Civil Action Related to COVID-19 Death of Texas Employee Barred by Exclusivity

A federal district court, sitting in Texas and construing Texas law, granted a defendant-employer’s motion for summary judgment in a civil action filed against it by the family of a...

Utah IME Physician May Not Be Sued by Workers’ Comp Claimant

Finding that a physician-patient relationship did not exist between a doctor hired by the workers’ compensation carrier to perform an independent medical examination of the claimant, the Supreme Court of...

Colorado High Court Says Injured Employee May Not Recover Via Co-Employee’s UM/UIM Policy

An injured employee is barred by operation of Colorado’s Workers’ Compensation Act’s exclusivity and co-employee immunity principles from bringing a UM/UIM benefits action against a co-employee vehicle owner’s insurer for...