Workplace Injury, Negligence, Duty of Care

Workplace Liability When a Third Party is Negligent

Stark & Stark on 8/16/2024

When an individual suffers a work-related injury in the State of New Jersey, their employer (if the employer is self-insured), or the employer’s workers’ compensation insurance carrier is legally obligated to provide three...more

California Court Ruling Opens Door to COVID-19 Claims by Non-Employees Catching Virus from Workers

Fisher Phillips on 1/10/2022

A common question posed during the pandemic has been whether employers can face liability for COVID-19 infections originating in the workplace. As to employees who contract COVID-19, the answer has been that an employee’s...more

The Texas Supreme Court Clarifies The Scope Of The General Contractor’s Duty Of Care To Subcontractor Employees

Porter Hedges LLP on 7/1/2021

In a recent case, the Texas Supreme Court addressed the scope of the general contractor’s duty of care to its subcontractors’ employees on the project site. In JLB Builders, L.L.C. v. Hernandez, the Court upheld the trial...more

Court of Appeal Affirms Decision to Dismiss the Rana Plaza Class Action

Bennett Jones LLP on 12/24/2018

On December 20, 2018, the Ontario Court of Appeal released its decision in the Rana Plaza Class Action (Das v George Weston Limited, 2018 ONCA 1053) affirming the Ontario Superior Court of Justice’s decision to dismiss the...more

Legal Perspective on the Health, Safety & Security Responsibilities for US Mobile Workforce

Fisher Phillips on 11/10/2017

Fisher & Phillips LLP attorneys are not only well equipped to assist employers in developing or updating safety and health management programs for employees working domestically, but can also assist employers who are sending...more

Employers Beware: Indiana Supreme Court Expands the Scope of the “Duty of Care” Owed to a Subcontractor’s Employees

Fisher Phillips on 5/6/2017

In light of a recent decision from the Indiana Supreme Court, Indiana employers—and construction companies in particular—should review their contracts and subcontracts to determine if they have unwittingly assumed a duty of...more

Tex. Sup. Court Clarifies the Duties of a Non-Subscribing Employer in the Face of Known Dangers

Jackson Walker on 6/19/2015

Late last week, the Texas Supreme Court clarified duties of employers for premises defects and declared that they have multiple duties to invitees/employees who come onto their property facing known dangerous conditions. ...more

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