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Marshall Dennehey

Disputed Claims and Credibility Challenges: Workers’ Compensation Case Dismissed After Bifurcated Trial

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Makins v. Palace Rehab & Care Ctr. and Premier Cadbury, LLC, No. A-2263-23 & A-2276-23 (April 24, 2025) - The petitioner’s legal dispute arose from a series of workers’ compensation claims related to injuries sustained during...more

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If at First You Don't Succeed, Appeal and then Appeal Again - Unless You Are Out of Time

In a recent decision, New Jersey Transit’s Motion to Dismiss was affirmed by the Appellate Court on February 2, 2022. The petitioner had appealed from the October 7, 2020 Order of the Workers' Compensation Court granting the...more

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New York Insurance Coverage Law Update - April 2021

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Kenneth Jacobson was injured on a construction site, and he sued the owner of the premises and the general contractor (“GC”). The owner and GC filed a third-party action for contribution against a subcontractor insured by...more

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New Mexico Supreme Court Holds Tribal Casino Immune from Workers’ Compensation Claims

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On January 16, 2020, the New Mexico Supreme Court issued its decision in Mendoza v. Isleta Resort and Casino, holding that a tribe does not waive its sovereign immunity to workers’ compensation claims merely by committing in...more

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Ninth Circuit Finds No Foreign Arbitration Award to Uphold

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Foreign arbitration awards must generally be upheld in the United States under treaty obligations. Upholding a foreign award requires that there actually be an arbitration award, however. For that matter, it requires an...more

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Contractor Has No Duty To Indemnify Gas Company For Settlement Paid To Injured Employee Under Florida’s Underground Facility And...

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Peoples Gas Sys. v. Posen Constr., Inc., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 106427 (M.D. Fla. June 26, 2018) - In 2009 Posen Construction, Inc. (“Posen”), a road construction contractor, entered into a general contractor agreement with...more

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