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Bill to Deny Comp to Workers Injured During Felony Passes House
05/13/2011
cell phone with his girlfriend sending and receiving emails at his dashboard computer and driving 126 miles per hour on his way to a crash scene when the wreck occurred the newspaper said.
The News-Democrat reported there were already emergency responders at the first crash scene.
Mitchell pleaded
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Experts Warn of Texting, Other 'Distracted Driving' Dangers
05/12/2011
workers' compensation has banned its employees from using cell phones or sending text messages while driving - and investigates accidents involving department personnel to determine if distractions were involved.
Wyer told WorkCompCentral that TxDOT can obtain employees' cell phone records to determine
Category: News
No Liability Under FEHA for Firing Employee Who Made Threats
04/15/2011
-workers that called them "evil bitches" and referred to them as "so-called family and friends." Several days before the emails Wills had called a co-worker distraught and talked about suicide.
Wills forwarded a media message to a co-worker's cell phone who felt threatened by the message because of her
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Doctor Targeted in Pain Clinic Raids Sues State Officials
04/13/2011
his own behalf the Dispatch reported.
In March investigators from the bureau the attorney general's office and other agencies raided Lundeen's offices in Portsmouth and Plymouth seizing boxes of records and other items including his cell phone.
No charges have been filed against Lundeen who
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High Court Suspends Des Moines Attorney for Domestic Abuse
04/12/2011
Schmidt kicked through the vehicle's protective screening and used the officer's cell phone to make several calls.
The high court also cited Schmidt for an incident in May 2006 when he had ex parte communication with an adversarial party.
Despite the fact that Schmidt clearly violated ethical rules
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Panel Clears Bill to Deny Comp for Injuries During Crimes
03/31/2011
approved the bill after Schlau testified.
Published accounts say that before the accident Mitchell was driving 126 miles per hour sending and receiving emails on his dash-mounted computer driving on the shoulder of Interstate 64 and talking on a cell phone with his girlfriend while in heavy traffic on
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Jones Act Employer Liable for Worker's Accidental Shooting
03/28/2011
uses his cell phone in violation of a company safety policy and then drops the crane boom on top of a worker below the employer would be relieved of vicarious liability" Judge Barbier wrote. "The same result might follow if a supervisor instructs a fatigued employee to work hours in excess of a
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School District Appeals Decision in Favor of Shooting Victim
12/30/2010
result of his efforts to oust gangs from the school. The commissioner also ruled Hunt was eligible for benefits because he was speaking to an employee about district business on a cell phone provided to him by the school district at the time of the shooting and because the school district reimbursed
Category: News
Principal's Shooting During Commute Found Compensable
12/29/2010
found that the 38-year-old principal's injury was work related because when the shooting occurred as he was speaking on a cell- phone that was provided to him by the district with a co-worker about district business.
What's more the Robeson County school district provided Hunt with an allowance to
Category: News
Ex-Trooper Who Killed 2 Sisters in Wreck Argues for Comp Benefits
12/21/2010
the car.
Mitchell said that on Nov. 23 2007 the date of the accident the Illinois State Police didn't have any rules governing speed when responding to injury accidents.
He also reported said he wasn't on his cell phone with his girlfriend at the time of the accident as has been reported but
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