Employer Liability Issues, Appellate Courts, Statutory Interpretation

Florida Decision Impacts Employees’ Abilities to Bypass Workers’ Compensation System and Sue Employers for Mental Distress Tort...

Foley & Lardner LLP on 9/9/2025

A recent decision from the Fifth District Court of Appeal, Steak ‘N Shake v. Spears, highlights the import of Florida’s workers’ compensation adjudicative framework and may serve to prevent highly emotional claims for...more

Sixth Circuit Requires Employer Intent for Customer Sexual Harassment Under Title VII

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP on 8/28/2025

The Sixth Circuit in Bivens v. Zep, Inc. brushed aside the EEOC’s and several circuit court positions with respect to the standard to be used when determining an employer’s liability under Title VII for sexual harassment of...more

Sixth Circuit Departs from EEOC and Other Circuits on Employer Liability Standard for Third-Party Harassment

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace on 8/25/2025

On August 8, 2025, a Sixth Circuit panel in Bivens v. Zep, Inc. held that an employer can only be found liable under Title VII for harassment by a third party if the employer intended for the harassment to occur. This...more

Québec Court of Appeal Finds That Employers May Be Liable for After-Hours Accidents

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 8/20/2025

In a recent decision impacting Québec employers and workers, the Court of Appeal of Québec clarified the scope of work-relatedness necessary for an injury to be compensable under the Act respecting industrial accidents and...more

Seventh Circuit Raises the Bar for Collective Actions, Gives Employers New Tools at the Notice Stage

Husch Blackwell LLP on 8/18/2025

The Seventh Circuit’s decision in Richards v. Eli Lilly & Co. represents the most significant shift in collective action procedure in the circuit in decades. For many years, district courts in the circuit have utilized the...more

Remand Rules: Oregon Supreme Court Clarifies What You Can Appeal

Littler on 6/30/2025

On June 24, 2025, the Oregon Supreme Court held in Crosbie v. Asante that a trial court order of the scope of issues to be retried after reversal and remand cannot be immediately appealed....more

Seventh Circuit Affirms that Employer’s Withdrawal Liability Cannot Be Based on Post-Rehabilitation Plan Contribution Increases

Proskauer - Employee Benefits & Executive... on 5/12/2025

We recently reported on a district court decision holding that the Central States Pension Fund’s calculation of withdrawal liability should not have included contribution rate increases imposed after the Fund’s implementation...more

Third Circuit Validates Pension Plan’s Right to Revise Withdrawal Liability Assessment and Its Enforcement in Federal Court

Tucker Arensberg, P.C. on 4/23/2025

In Central States, Se. & W. Areas Pension Fund v. Laguna Dairy, S. de R.L. de C.V., No. 23-3206 (3d Cir. 2025 Mar. 27, 2025), the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (“Third Circuit”) reversed the district...more

First District Court of Appeal Overturns Attendant Care Award Due to Lack of Specificity in Judge’s Findings

Marshall Dennehey on 4/16/2025

Girardin v. AN Fort Myers Imports, LLC, Fla. 1st DCA, No. 1D2022-1485, February 19, 2025 - The First District Court of Appeal overturned an award for nonprofessional attendant care because the judge of compensation claims...more

7th Circuit Update: What Martin v. Goodrich Means for IL’s Workers’ Compensation Landscape

Husch Blackwell LLP on 3/5/2025

We previously reported that the Illinois Supreme Court issued its long-awaited decision in Martin v. Goodrich Corp., upholding the constitutionality of a 2019 amendment to the Illinois Workers’ Occupational Diseases Act (the...more

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