Law & Liability

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Law & Liability

Safety Device Maker Not Liable For Shocked Worker

Dec. 21, 2006
In the summer of 2001, Entergy Inc. hired North Houston Pole Line Corp. to install a new electric pole and to move distribution lines without interrupting Entergy's electrical...
Law & Liability

Employees' Noncompete Contract Unenforceable

Nov. 21, 2006
Willard Packaging Co. Inc. is a Maryland corporation that manufactures and distributes packaging materials throughout Maryland, Virginia, the District of Columbia and Delaware...
Law & Liability

Asbestos-Containing-Product Seller Not Liable

Nov. 21, 2006
Thomas Briggs retired in 1982, contracted lung cancer and later died as a result of exposure to asbestos-containing brake shoes at one of the places he worked.
Law & Liability

Injured Operator Limited To Workers'-Comp Benefits

Oct. 19, 2006
October 1998, Pablo Urena worked for Worker's Mania Inc., a temporary employment agency, and was assigned to work at Theta Products Inc. in Rhode Island. He was directed to stamp...
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Injured Worker Could Sue Previous Tenant for Faulty Scaffolding

Oct. 19, 2006
Dutchmen Manufacturing Inc., a manufacturer of recreational vehicle travel trailers and fifth wheels, leased a facility in Goshen, Indiana from April 1992 to February 1999 from...
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No Claim Against Company For Laying Off Injured Worker

July 5, 2006
p>Webb Wheel Products Inc. --manufacturers of wheels, wheel hubs, brake drums and disc-brake rotors for large trucks and trailers - hired David Joshua Hanvey in September 1999...
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Trial to Determine Fault for Asbestos Death

July 5, 2006
In 1950 and 1951, the Koppers Company had a plant in Kobuta, Pa. where it manufactured materials used to produce synthetic rubber. Koppers hired an independent contractor, Phillip...
Law & Liability

No Punitive Damages For Workers In Asbestos Case

May 9, 2006
The Celanese Fiber Plant in Salisbury, N.C., made polyester and was owned by HNA Holdings Inc. It was built in 1966 with asbestos insulation. Daniel Construction Co. built the...
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No Liability If Risk Of Injury Not Foreseeable

May 9, 2006
Mathew Bailey Watson operated a motorized forklift known as an "order picker" to pick product orders from shelves in the Georgia warehouse of Applied Industrial Technologies. ...