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Tow Company Must Pay Benefits for Driver's Fatal Accident Since Driver Qualified as Employee
05/17/2021
received on his personal cell phone from Berkebile dispatchers the fiance said. Drivers could turn calls down but Harr rarely did unless he was sick.
No one supervised Harr when he did tow jobs or other service calls for Berkebile and sometimes his fiance or daughter would accompany him on calls
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Bill Would Double Prison Guards' Disability Benefits
04/03/2018
minor changes in the Senate version.
Gov. Larry Hogan a Republican in his first term has not said how he feels about the measure. His office did not return phone calls Monday. If signed into law the new benefits would take effect Oct. 1.
The cost is borne directly by the state said Carmine
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Father's Company Wasn't Liable for Benefits to Employee of Son's Company
05/08/2017
he finished the job Nick Bennett gave Shook a business card with his name a cell phone number and a Bennetts Construction & Roofing logo.
Some time later Shook called Nick Bennett and asked for a bid for more extensive repairs to his house and barn. Bennett provided Shook an estimate on a
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DOL Sues Food Manufacturer for Alleged Retaliatory Firing
01/06/2017
at the Lone Star Western Beef Inc. facility in Fairmont West Virginia when her colleague Chris Crane cut off a piece of his right thumb while using a hand saw to cut beef.
Butler-Savage put Cranes hand under cold water and tried to slow the bleeding and used her personal cell phone to call
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Court Upholds WCAB Determination that In-Home Caregiver Wasn't Employee
03/16/2016
this case the court noted Epicure provided guidelines which included instructions on personal services provided and directed Edwards to wear scrubs maintain records on arrival and departure times not to leave clients unattended maintain confidentiality and not use a cell phone.
Epicure also
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Great America Faces $70,200 Fine for Roller Coaster Accident
12/15/2015
An aerial view of Great America theme park in Santa Clara California.
The owner of California's Great America theme part in Santa Clara faces a 70200 fine after a mechanic was struck by a roller coaster car while trying to retrieve a cell phone from a restricted area.
California's
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Worker Injured by Cell Tower Radiation Can't Sue Employer's Customer in Tort
11/19/2015
A California appellate court ruled that a worker who suffered an injurious exposure to radiation while servicing a cell phone tower for his employer's customer could not assert a viable negligence claim against the customer as a matter of law.
Case Anderson v. Glaus Pyle Schomer Burns
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IWCC to Stop Mailing Decisions
10/07/2015
stopped receiving funding from a tax on cell phone users and the County of St. Clair has filed suit against the state to compel payment of the funds it needs to maintain its 911 services.
Last month Secretary of State Jesse White announced his office will stop mailing out registration renewal
Category: News
1st DCA Denies Rehearing on Railway's Duty
08/05/2015
a rural area of Clay County.
Dick Wells the conductor for the CSX train called CSX's dispatcher for help on the train's radio system since CSX's company policy and federal regulations prohibited him from using a cell phone while operating the train.
Because of the dispatchers inability to
Category: News
Court Revives Worker's Scaffold Law Claim
07/16/2015
the roof by directing the crane operator via cell phone.
Accordingly the judge granted Benderson's motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.
Analysis The Appellate Division's 3rd Department said the judge's ruling "ran against the undisputed proof that plaintiff had to work
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