Texas House Passes Pandemic Liability Protection Act
More Emerging Litigation Claims and Demands from COVID-19
The Situation: In 2016, a helicopter pilot died after he fell into a hidden ice crevasse in Antarctica. At the Coronial inquest, the coroner issued a subpoena requiring the chief pilot of the helicopter company to give...more
Employers found to have committed repeat or willful violations of Occupational Safety and Health Administration standards are subject to citation penalties of 10 times those for ordinary violations, and in some cases...more
A precedent setting occupational health and safety (OHS) case was heard in the Alberta Court yesterday. For the first time in Alberta's history, a worker who was also a company director was sentenced to jail for a period of...more