Article Archives >> Employment Law >> September 1-15, 2003
Community clean-up project is not part of employment
An employee allegedly injured by the negligence of a coworker
during an after-hours community clean-up project is not limited
to workers' compensation
claims and may sue the coworker
directly, a Court of Appeals
in Indiana has ruled.
The state law provides that workers'
compensation is the exclusive remedy
for employment injuries except
in certain cases not applicable to the
situation.
( Knoy v. Cary , Ct. of App., First Dist.,
No. 42A01-0211-CV-445, 8/29/03.)
Agency not liable for retaliation when complainant not employed
A recently released convicted murderer who claimed he was discriminated against in applying for a job at an agency helping ex-offenders could not also complain that the agency retaliated against him by denying employment services, according to a federal District Court in Illinois. ( Black v. Safer Foundation , N.D. Il., No. 02-C-2751, 8/6/03.)
Qualified privilege to notify hospital that doctor is "militant"
The Supreme Court of California
has ruled that its state law grants a
hospital a qualified privilege to protect
any person who provides information
in good faith to a hospital seeking
aid "in the evaluation of the qualifications,
fitness, character, or insurability
of a practitioner of the healing
or veterinary arts."
( Hassan v. Mercy American River
Hospital , S106256, 8/18/03.)
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