Medical Marijuana Law Does Not Impair Employers’ Right to Drug-Free Workplace May 6, 2024 By Andrew G. Simpson A Connecticut employer has the right to terminate an employee who is impaired by medical marijuana in the workplace. The...
Pennsylvania High Court to Decide If Workers’ Compensation Covers CBD Oil May 3, 2024 By Andrew G. Simpson A veteran Pennsylvania workers’ compensation attorney will soon have a chance to argue before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court that his...
Newark Wants Cargo Ship Firefighters’ Deaths Handled Under Workers’ Compensation May 2, 2024 By Andrew G. Simpson The city of Newark is asking a federal court to dismiss negligence and wrongful death claims against it by the...
New York Court Officer Wins 9/11 Workers’ Compensation Benefits on Appeal May 1, 2024 By Andrew G. Simpson On the morning of September 11, 2001, Robert Liotta was at his job as a senior court officer at 100...
Class Action Opposes Limiting Ship’s Liability for Baltimore Bridge Collapse April 26, 2024 By Andrew G. Simpson A Baltimore small business has filed a class action against the owner and operator of the cargo ship Dali that...
‘It’s in the Mail’ Is Not Good Enough to Protest Workers’ Compensation Claim April 25, 2024 By Andrew G. Simpson A Connecticut employer lost its right to contest a workers’ compensation claim because although it mailed its notice to the...
Chubb Wins Latest Battle With New York Diocese in Bid to Avoid Sex Abuse Claims April 24, 2024 By Andrew G. Simpson A New York state appeals court has reinstated Chubb insurance companies’ bid for judgments declaring that they are not obligated...
Baltimore to Court: ‘No Way’ Should Ship’s Liability for Bridge Collapse Be Limited April 23, 2024 By Andrew G. Simpson The city of Baltimore is fighting the attempt by the owner and operator of the cargo ship Dali that crashed...
New York AG, Trump Attorneys Agree to Changes in $175M Bond in Civil Fraud Case April 23, 2024 By Andrew G. Simpson Lawyers for former President Donald Trump and the New York attorney general on Monday agreed to changes in the terms...
Delaware High Court Hands Agency a New Shot at Malpractice Claim Against Law Firm April 23, 2024 By Andrew G. Simpson An insurance agency has won another chance at proving a law firm was negligent in defending it in a non-compete...