Look to the contract to defeat implied delegation

Do not let Privette’s implied delegation shift the cost of defendant’s harm onto plaintiffs and workers’ compensation carriers

Alan Van Gelder

From Issue: 2023 May

Food processing — A dangerous place to work

The machinery used to process food products may present products liability opportunities in addition to the WC remedy

Steven A. Kronenberg

From Issue: 2014 August

Day laborers and homeowner liability

What happens when the tree trimmer hired by the homeowner falls from the tree?

Christopher Viadro

From Issue: 2012 September

Construction site injuries: Strategies for defeating the Privette defense

Defense counsel will present Privette as a complete defense against civil liability. It is not.

Kimberly Wong

From Issue: 2015 October

Civil success through OSHA: Suarez v. Pacific Northstar Mechanical creates a new tort duty

On multiemployer worksites, it is important to establish the duty of reporting non-obvious hazards to all workers

From Issue: 2011 March

Appellate Report

Court reviews Privette rule on retained control of job site

Jeffrey I. Ehrlich

From Issue: 2022 October

Litigating, managing and settling workers’ compensation/third-party crossover cases

Overview of the (sometimes devastating) effect of a WC claim on your recovery in a crossover personal-injury case

Tal Rubin

From Issue: 2023 May

Discovery can be key to PI/workers’ comp “crossover” cases

Cooperation between the PI and workers’ comp attorneys is key to maximizing the client’s recovery, and the PI attorney often needs to play the lead role in discovery

Kimberly Wong

From Issue: 2016 October

Crossovers between employment law and workers’ compensation cases

How the WC claim may affect the employment-law case, and vice-versa

Jonathan D. Roven

From Issue: 2023 May

Compensating for something

Pointers and pitfalls when a client is entitled to workers’ comp benefits

Miles B. Cooper

From Issue: 2021 April

Beware of the low-hanging fruit

Prelitigation settlement of the workers’ comp/PI cross-over case, with special attention to indemnity provisions

Jack Bollier

From Issue: 2024 March

Alternative forums for discovery in third-party workplace injury cases

As the saying goes, “knowledge is power,” and nowhere more so than in civil litigation

William Veen
Isaac S. Nicholson

From Issue: 2009 January