Workplace Injury, Appeals, Wrongful Death

HK Court confirms narrow scope of defence available to proprietors under the Factories and Industrial Undertakings Ordinance

BCLP on 10/8/2020

In HKSAR v Gammon Construction Limited (HCMA 97/2019) [2020] HKCA 752 (Date of Judgment: 7 September 2020), the Hong Kong Court of Appeal (the “Court”) dismissed a magistracy appeal against the conviction of a principal...more

OSHA Update: Court of Appeals Upholds Employer's Criminal Liability and Maximum Fine in Employee's Death

Littler on 7/30/2018

On July 17, 2018, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit affirmed a verdict that had found an employer criminally liable for an employee's fatal fall. ...more

Ignorance of OSHA Requirements Does Not Preclude Willful Violation

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 4/11/2018

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

Wisconsin Employers Now Subject to Tort Lawsuits for Temporary Workers’ Workplace Injuries

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 1/29/2018

On January 9, 2018, District III of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals held that temporary workers who are injured while working for their host employers have the right to elect either to claim workers’ compensation benefits or...more

Eighth Circuit Opinions Highlight Need to Apply Appellate Lens at Trial Court

Robins Kaplan LLP on 10/18/2016

We often quip that the best way to establish a winning record as an appellate lawyer is to represent the party that won below; that’s no joke. In nearly every appellate court— state or federal— appellants have an uphill...more

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HK Court confirms narrow scope of defence available to proprietors under the Factories and Industrial Undertakings Ordinance

OSHA Update: Court of Appeals Upholds Employer's Criminal Liability and Maximum Fine in Employee's Death

Ignorance of OSHA Requirements Does Not Preclude Willful Violation

Wisconsin Employers Now Subject to Tort Lawsuits for Temporary Workers’ Workplace Injuries

Eighth Circuit Opinions Highlight Need to Apply Appellate Lens at Trial Court

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