The 2017 “Personal and Advertising Injury” Liability Coverage Update addresses the 2017 court decisions nationwide relating to Coverage B of the CGL policy. The Update addresses the general requirements of the...
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Wisconsin Court Ruling: Injured Temporary Employees Can Bring Tort Claims Against Employers
Mar 1, 2018
Wisconsin Appellate Court Rules That Temporary Employees Injured On The Job Are Not Limited Only To A Workers’ Compensation Claim or Can Opt To Bring A Tort Claim Against Their Temporary Employer In a recent decision, the...
The Utility of Medical Consent Forms in Apparent Agency Cases After Terry v. OSF Healthcare Systems, et. al.
Mar 1, 2018
A signed medical consent form is one of the few pieces of evidence a hospital can utilize to refute that it is vicariously liable for the negligence of a treating physician. However, as Illinois case law has evolved, the...
Contributors: Michael J. DiSantis, Partner Danita L. Davis, Partner Anita St. Pierre, Senior Counsel Kiera Fitzpatrick, Associate Disclaimer: This survey is for general information only and is not intended to provide and...
In a recent decision, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals – which governs Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin – ruled that the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) does not require employers to give employees...
A new lawsuit filed by a scientific research institute in Wisconsin seeks $13 million in damages from a transportation company it contends damaged an IBM supercomputer known as Bluefire during transport from Colorado to...