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Court Declines to Apply “Coming and Going” Rule
It is axiomatic that under most modern workers’ compensation regimes, an employee has the right to recover workers’ compensation benefits when injured by an... More
Subpoena to Non-Party Not Served on All Parties Does Not Interrupt Abandonment
The Louisiana Third Circuit Court of Appeal recently considered the issue of abandonment in the context of a request for documents directed to a... More
MBLB Sponsors The Mariners Club Golf Tournament
Mouledoux, Bland, Legrand & Brackett was proud to be a hole sponsor for The Mariners Club of the Port of New Orleans golf tournament... More
Bureau of Labor Statistics Reports on Median Earnings
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the median weekly earnings of the United States’s 114.9 million full-time workers were $859 for the third... More
Seeking and Establishing Variances before the Board of Zoning Adjustments, Warehouse District Local Historic District
The Warehouse District Neighborhood Association appealed the trial court’s decision denying its Petition for Judicial Review. On April 11, 2016, the Board of Zoning... More
Undocumented Workers as Workers’ Compensation Beneficiaries
With illegal immigration and the presence of undocumented workers within the workforce being a long-standing political issue, the question may arise whether or not... More
Third Circuit Dismisses Inmate’s Electric Shock Claim
Claimant was employed as an electrician’s helper as part of Rapides Parish’s work release program. Claimant alleged that, on September 25, 2012, he received... More
NINTH CIRCUIT FINDS SUICIDE ATTEMPT BY LONGSHOREMAN COMPENSABLE
In 2001, Claimant William Kealoha was injured while working as a ship laborer. Kealoha fell 25 to 50 feet off a barge onto a... More
Second Circuit Finds Award of Surgery by OWC Premature
Claimant was employed as a delivery truck driver. While unloading an extremely heavy laundry bin, the bin tilted over onto Claimant, injuring his neck,... More
Insufficient Safety Culture Caused Injury at Baton Rouge Refinery
On November 22, 2016, an isobutane release and fire seriously injured four workers in the sulfuric acid alkylation unit at ExxonMobil’s Baton Rouge refinery. ... More