Monday, December 11, 2017

PHILIP VITALE v. SCHERING-PLOUGH CORPORATION: The New Jersey Supreme Court on Monday ruled that an employment contract limiting a worker’s right to sue a third party after an injury is unenforceable.

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High Court Voids Waiver of Third-Party Liability in Employment Contract The New Jersey Supreme Court on Monday ruled that an employment c...

One oilfield worker died, a second injured, after an accident occurred on the Maersk Interceptor at the Tambar field in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea

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COPENHAGEN, Denmark – The drilling unit of Danish conglomerate A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S says a Norwegian employee has died a...

A Con Edison worker was burned in his hands after a leaking gas main burst into flames in Queens as he was making repairs

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SUNNYSIDE, Queens (WABC) -- A Con Edison worker was injured on Friday night after a cracked gas main burst into flames in Queens. The inc...

A subcontractor (Oak Contracting, LLC, is managing construction) was killed and another person was injured when they fell 25-feet in a scaffolding collapse at the Sugarloaf Elementary School construction site in Urbana, Maryland.

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Construction accident kills 1 at future site of Frederick Co. elementary school By Kristi King | @KingWTOP December 1...

Floorhand oil worker employed by Spencer Ogden Ltd. was killed after he was pinned between a loading platform and a stachion onboard the Petrobras 10000 drillship in an area of the Gulf known as Walker Ridge 469, about 172 miles south of Port Fourchon, Louisiana.

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NEW ORLEANS, LA -  The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement and U.S. Coast Guard are conducting an investigation into the fat...