Ohio Supreme Finds Ditch Diggers Misclassified as Independent Contractors May 26, 2022 By Jim Sams Ditch diggers who accepted work assignments online and used their own spades and shovels to do the work cannot be...
Jury Awards $450,000 to Employee Who Declined Birthday Party April 18, 2022 LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky jury has awarded a man $450,000 who sued his employer after he asked them...
Law Firms Tracking Wave of COVID-19 Employee v. Employer Litigation July 9, 2020 By Jim Sams A pandemic is no time to play favorites at the workplace, skimp on personal protective equipment or get too stingy...
Feds Sue Arkansas Insurer Over Fired Employee Who Had A Baby December 5, 2019 LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The federal government is suing a Little Rock-based insurance company over the firing of a worker...
Md. Court Finds Tyson Foods Liable in Farm Worker’s Lung Disease Claim November 26, 2019 By Jim Sams Tyson Foods is known for its chickens, but the company says all of its poultry is raised by independent farmers....
Michigan Court: Icy Lot Couldn’t Be Avoided at UP Lodge August 14, 2012 A woman who was just days away from leaving a job at an Upper Peninsula lodge can sue her former...
Nebraska Court Reassesses Liability in Man’s Fall January 9, 2012 The Nebraska Supreme Court has released a sign company from liability for an accident that injured an employee who fell...
Michigan Woman Sues Over Wagon Accident January 6, 2012 An employee of a Michigan market who was paralyzed from the waist down after being run over by a horse-drawn...
Former Lousiana Parish Employee Sues November 10, 2011 A former Terrebonne Parish employee has filed suit in federal court claiming she was fired because of her age. The...
Accident at Texas Instruments Facility Kills Worker October 13, 2011 An industrial accident at a Texas Instruments chip fabrication unit in the Dallas area has left a worker dead. Richardson...