Here is an expensive lesson for an employer, in this case International Paper. One of its employees rear-ended another car while talking on a company cell phone causing severe injuries to the driver of the other car. A jury hit International Paper with a $5.2 million dollar verdict as explained in this article. The case… Read More
Archives for February 16, 2008
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Employee Fired for Smoking May Pursue Claims Under ERISA and State Privacy Laws
This interesting case is in the federal district court in Massachusetts. The employee was discharged for smoking while off-duty under an employer policy prohibiting all smoking, even outside of the workplace. A copy of the opinion can be found here, and an article about the case is here. The ruling states merely that discovery should… Read More