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List of Figures=xi
Table of Principle Cases=xiii
Series Editor's Preface=xv
Preface and Acknowledgments=xvii
Chapter 1. Introduction to Workers' Compensation=3
Introductory Chapter Problem=3
The Big Picture of Workers' Compensation=3
A. Workers' Compensation Policy=3
1. Doing Nothing=4
2. Using Tort=4
3. Using Insurance=4
B. Overview of the Scope of Workers' Compensation=5
1. Historical Development=5
2. Quid Pro Quo―The Societal "Deal"=6
3. Expansion of "the System"=7
4. Exclusive Remedy=7
O'Rourke v. Long=7
5. Statutory Interpretation=9
Fisher v. Tidewater Building Co.=10
Superior Industries v. Thomaston=11
Chapter Conclusion=13
Chapter 2. Critical Threshold Considerations : Notice, Statute of Limitations, Attorney's Fees, Date of Injury=15
Introduction=15
A. Return to Ann Smith's Scenario=16
B. Notice=17
Summary of the Law=17
General Cable Corporation v. Levins=18
C. Statute of Limitations=20
Summary of the Law=21
Bieber v. Keeler Brass Company=21
D. Attorney's Fees=24
Summary of the Law=24
Appeal of Metevier=26
Pettinato v. Industrial Commission of Arizona=28
E. Date of Injury=30
Brown v. Industrial Commission of Ohio=31
DeRice v. S.D. Warren Co.=35
Chapter Conclusion=37
Chapter 3. Causal Connection : Injuries by Accident Arising Out of and in the Course of Employment=41
Introduction=41
A. Injury "by Accident"=42
Summary of the Law=42
Tomlin v. Densberger Drywall Inc.=44
Lane Co., Inc. v. Saunders=48
Ross v. Oxford Paper Co.=50
Stenrich Group v. Jemmott=53
Smith's Food And Drug, Inc. v. Labor Com'n=58
Exercise 3-1=61
B. "Arising Out of"=62
Summary of the Law=62
1. Initial Causation=63
Smith v. Bob Evans Farms=64
Odd Jobs & More v. Reid=69
Egan's Case=72
Circle K Store No. 1131 v. Industrial Com'n of Arizona=74
Exercise 3-2=79
2. "Successive" Causation=80
Bryant v. Masters Mach. Co.=81
Brackett v. A.C. Lawrence Leather Co.=89
Exercise 3-3=90
C. "In the Course of"=90
Summary of the Law=91
Dixon v. U.S. Air Reservation Group=92
Strother v. Morrison Cafeteria=98
American Home Assur. Co. v. De Los Santos=102
Cotton v. Bureau of Workers' Compensation=107
Exercise 3-4=112
Workers' Compensation Div. v. Espinoza=113
Exercise 3-5=115
Chapter 4. Extent of Incapacity=117
Introduction=117
Determination of the Extent, Duration, and Benefit Level of Work-Related Injuries=118
A. Total versus Partial Incapacity=121
1. Basic Determination of Permanent Total Incapacity=121
Blue Bell, Inc. v. Nichols=122
Southeastern Commercial Printing Corp. v. Sallas=124
2. Temporary Total Incapacity=127
Wood v. Fletcher Allen Health Care=128
3. Fluctuating Levels of Incapacity=132
Employee ; Choice One Communications, Employer ; Federal Insurance Company, Insurer / Matthew Ormonde=132
Petitioner v. Montana State Fund, Respondent/Insurer / Bonnie Kobe=137
Exercise 4-1=140
B. Calculation of Partial Incapacity Benefits=140
Fecteau v. Rich Vale Const., Inc.=141
Pro-Football, Inc. v. District Of Columbia Dept. Of Employment Services=146
Exercise 4-2=155
C. Average Weekly Wage=155
St. Mary's Church & Mission v. Industrial Com'n of State of Colo.=156
John Driggs Co., Inc. v. Somers=159
D. Interplay between Permanent Partial Incapacity, Permanent Impairment, and Vocational Rehabilitation=162
Stacy v. Great Lakes Agri Marketing, Inc.=163
Exercise 4-3=173
E. Odd Lot Doctrine and Work Search=173
Moss v. Wyoming Workers' Safety and Compensation Division=174
Avramovic v. R.C. Moore Transp., Inc.=184
Exercise 4-4=189
F. Lump Sum Settlement=190
Moilanen v. Marbles Moving & Storage=191
Valles v. Daniel Const. Co.=192
Ex Parte Ford=194
Exercise 4-5=196
Chapter 5. What Is Employment? Who Is an Employee? What Is an Employer?=199
Introduction=199
A. What Is Employment?=200
Blache v. Maryland Cas. Co.=201
Exercise 5-1=202
B. Who Is an Employee?=203
1. Preliminary Considerations=203
2. Common Law Right to Control Test=203
McCown v. Hines=206
Exercise 5-2=210
3. Economic Realities Test=210
Tata v. Benjamin Muskovitz Plumbing and Heating=211
Powell v. Appeal Bd. of Mich. Employment Sec. Commission=213
N.L.R.B. v. Hearst Publications=218
Exercise 5-3=221
4. Relative Nature of the Work Test=221
Kertesz v. Korsh=223
Exercise 5-4=227
C. What Is an Employer?=228
JFC Temps, Inc. v. W.C.A.B.(Lindsay)=229
Samaoya v. Gallagher=32
Exercise 5-4=236
Chapter 6. Evidence=239
Introduction=239
A. Lay Testimony=241
Graves v. W.C.A.B.(Philadelphia Housing Authority)=242
Kloepfer v. Lumbermen's Mut. Cas. Co.=246
Bell's Repair Service v. W.C.A.B.(Murphy Jr.)=248
Broach v. Midland Steel Products Co.=253
Exercise 6-1=255
B. Physicians' Testimony=255
Dunn v. Treasurer of Missouri as Custodian of Second Injury Fund=257
Laskey v. S.D. Warren Co.=264
City of Manassa v. Ruff=270
Claim of Decker v. Wyoming Medical Com'n=276
Michau v. Georgetown County=280
Amos v. Gartner, Inc.=283
Exercise 6-2=287
Exercise 6-3=287
C. Admissibility of Documents=288
Hert v. J.J. Newberry Co.=289
Gunter v. Fischer Scientific American=293
Exercise 6-4=295
Chapter 7. Death Benefits=297
Introduction=297
A. Classification of Eligible Dependents=298
Summary of the Law=298
Houser by Houser v. Dan Dugan Transport Co.=299
Adams v. Texfi Industries=302
B. Definition of Dependency=304
Summary of the Law=305
Johnson v. West Virginia Office of Insurance Commissioner=306
Exercise 7-1=310
C. Calculation of Death Benefit=311
Summary of the Law=311
Johnson v. Covil Corp.=312
Richards v. St. Bernard Parish Government=316
Exercise 7-2=321
Chapter 8. Exclusive Remedy, Third Party Actions, Employer/Worker Misconduct=323
Introduction=323
A. Exclusive Remedy Rule=326
Summary of the Law=326
Walters v. Flathead Concrete Products, Inc.=327
Fanion v. McNeal=335
Alexander v. Bozeman Motors, Inc.=339
Legault v. Brown=345
Exercise 8-1=347
Exercise 8-2=347
B. Third Party Action=347
Summary of the Law=347
Massachusetts General Laws c.152 §15=348
Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. v. Brown=349
Piper v. Pettibone Corp.=352
Exercise 8-3=356
Exercise 8-4=356
C. Employer Misconduct=356
Bigge Crane & Rigging Co. v. Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd.=357
Hawkeye Const. Co. v. Little ex rel. Little=364
Employee ; Oak Roofing and Sheet Metal Works Co., Inc., Employer ; Continental Casualty Insurance Company, Insurer / Michael Lynch=367
Exercise 8-5=370
D. Worker Misconduct=371
Barron v. Labor Commission=372
Garcia v. Naylor Concrete Co.=378
Pearson v. Johnson Controls, Northern N.M., LLC=381
Franks v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board=387
Exercise 8-6=388
Chapter 9. Administration=391
Introduction=391
A. Administration : Generally=391
B. Administration : Massachusetts=393
1. Before Injury=393
2. Pre-Dispute Process=393
3. Post-Dispute Process=394
Nolan v. Commissioner of Department of Industrial Accidents=395
Employee ; Hale Development, Employer ; Liberty Mutual Insurance Co., Insurer / Mark Cerasoli=399
4. Notice and Statute of Limitations=403
Berthiaume's Case=404
Thibeault's Case=408
Exercise 9-1=410
C. Administration and Judicial Review : Massachusetts=410
1. Judicial Review of Agency Fact Finding=411
Griffin's Case=412
Case of Lettich=414
2. Judicial Review of Agency Statutory and Regulatory Interpretations=417
Case of Gonzalez=418
Case of Gateley=421
Exercise 9-2=422
Chapter 10. Workers' Compensation and Other Statutes=431
Introduction=431
A. Social Security Act=431
1. Disability Determinations=431
2. SSDI Benefit Coordination=434
3. Retirement Presumption=436
B. Family and Medical Leave Act=436
1. Description=436
2. Potential Interaction with Workers' Compensation=437
C. Americans with Disabilities Act=438
1. Description=438
2. Potential Interaction with Workers' Compensation=439
D. Immigration Statutes=443
Hoffman Plastic Compounds, Inc. v. N.L.R.B.=444
Amoah v. Mallah Management, LLC=446
E. Employee Retirement and Income Security Act of 1974(ERISA)=448
Ciampi v. Hannaford Bros. Co.=449
F. Federal Workplace Injury Programs=452
1. Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program=453
2. Federal Employees' Compensation Program=453
3. Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Program=453
4. Black Lung Benefits Program=453
Chapter 11. In the Law Office=455
Exercise 11-1. Exercise Case Materials=456
Exercise 11-2. Exercise Case Materials=457
Exercise 11-3. Exercise Case Materials=488
Exercise 11-4. Exercise Case Materials=530
Index=535
Figure 2.1. Critical Threshold Considerations for Workers' Compensation Claims=39
Figure 3.1. Causal Connection in Workers' Compensation=116
Figure 4.1. Extent of Incapacity in Workers' Compensation=197