Employer Liability for Violence in the Workplace
H. Douglas Owens of Parsons Behle & Latimer
The Utah Supreme Court recently held in Clark v. Pangan (April 2000), that employers can be held vicariously liable for an employee's battery of a co-employee. In that case, two postal workers were involved in an altercation. No surprise there, you might think, but this was not the proverbial disgruntled former employee returning to seek vengeance.
Recently Enacted Statute Gives Employer Favorable Presumption Against Claims Of Negligence
Jeffrey M. Goodz of Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC
Section 768.096, Florida Statutes, recently enacted by the Florida legislature, provides employers faced with claim.
Florida Tort Reform--An Overview
Nicole E. Weiss of Tew & Associates
As of June 1999, sweeping changes were signed into law which will have an effect on almost every civil cause of act.
Interim Guidelines on the Implementation of Section 411 of the IIRAIRA: The Virtue Memorandum
A. James Vazquez-Azpiri of Cooley Godward Kronish LLP
This article analyzes the March 6, 1997, memorandum drafted by the Immigration and Naturalization Service's Office of Programs to discuss Section 411 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1996, Pub. L. No. 1014-2097, 110 Stat. 3008, October 1, 1996.
Employer Liability for Employee Conduct
Lisa Mann of Modrall Sperling
Employers are well familiar with the fact that they are being sued for the acts of their employees. In increasing numbers of cases, however, employers are being confronted with lawsuits against their employees. The employees then usually turn to the employer, requesting the employer to pay for the defense of the lawsuit and, if an adverse result ensues, for any damages assessed against the employee.
Employee Use of Force: The Oregon Court of Appeals Instructs Employers
Paula A. Barran of Barran Liebman LLP
A new decision of the Oregon Court of Appeals on employer responsibility for employee use of force provides .
The Constitutionality of Ohio's Intentional Tort Statute For Employers
Friedman, Domiano & Smith Co., L.P.A.
In many instances, workers' compensation is the sole remedy for a person who is injured on the job. However, in instances where an employer has intentionally committed wrongdoing that was the cause of an employees? injury, the employee can sue their employer for damages.