Legal Opinion
Braga v. Genlyte Group, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 25, 2005No. 04-2429PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OBERDORFER, Senior District Judge.
This case tests the line between the workers’ compensation rights of an employee injured on a job in Massachusetts and the immunity from tort suit provided to the injured employee’s employer by the same Massachusetts workers’ compensation law that benefitted the injured employee, where the employer has participated in a series of mergers during which the employee’s job status remained unaffected. On the unique and relatively complex facts here, we find and conclude that this plaintiffs tort claim is barred by the Massachusetts workers’ compensation law,…
2Cases cited26 opinions
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- Ralph W. Moores, Jr. v. Nathan Greenberg, Ralph W. Moores, Jr. v. Nathan GreenbergCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1987
- Burke v. Town of WalpoleCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2005
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