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This database contains 142,000+ federal and state court rulings related to employment law, spanning from 1964 to present. Every ruling includes the case name, filing date, court, docket number, and — where available — the outcome, damages awarded, employer involved, and specific claims raised.
You can search by keyword, filter by federal statute (Title VII, ADA, FMLA, FLSA, and more), narrow by date range, and click into any ruling for the full details and related cases. Each ruling links to the original source on CourtListener for verification.
<bold>Workers' Compensation — prior arm injury — not the direct cause</bold> <bold>of auto accident</bold> <block_quote> An Industrial Commission opinion denying compensation was affirmed where plaintiff contended that an automobile accident was a direct and natural result of his prior compensable arm injury, but there was competent evidence that the accident was caused by plaintiff jerking his car to the left upon hitting gravel in the road. The employee bears the burden of establishing the compensability of the claim, and the Commission did not err by finding that there was insufficient evidence that the accident was caused by the prior compensable injury.</block_quote>
<bold>1. Workers' Compensation — occupational disease — carpal tunnel</bold> <bold>syndrome</bold> <block_quote> The Industrial Commission did not err in a workers' compensation case by finding that plaintiff employee failed to prove that she contracted an occupational disease of carpal tunnel syndrome in connection with her job duties with defendant company, because: (1) plaintiff failed to satisfy her burden, but instead merely argued that no competent evidence existed to support a finding that plaintiff contracted carpal tunnel syndrome any other way besides her employment with defendant; (2) the unchallenged findings show that both of plaintiff's treating physicians admitted her symptoms started with a sliding door injury at her son's house in April 2000; and (3) the Commission was not required to give the testimony of plaintiff's expert witnesses more weight than that of another doctor who was an expert in hand and wrist disorders.</block_quote> <bold>2. Appeal and Error — preservation of issues — failure to cite</bold> <bold>authority</bold> <block_quote> Although plaintiff contends the Industrial Commission erred in a workers' compensation case by finding that a videotape was an accurate depiction of the primary duties of plaintiff's employment, this assignment of error is deemed abandoned because plaintiff failed to cite any authority in support of her argument.</block_quote> <bold>3. Workers' Compensation — doctor testimony — weight of</bold> <bold>testimony</bold> <block_quote> The Industrial Commission did not err in a workers' compensation case by according more weight to the opinion of a doctor who was an expert in hand and wrist disorders than the opinions<page_number>Page 606</page_number> of plaintiff's treating physicians, because: (1) competent evidence supported the Commission's findings of fact and its decision to give greater weight to the testimony of the one doctor; and (2) plaintiff's argument that her honesty and credibilit
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This database indexes 142,000+ employment law court rulings from federal district courts, circuit courts of appeals, and state courts across the United States. Cases cover the full spectrum of employment law claims, including Title VII discrimination, ADA accommodation disputes, FMLA retaliation, FLSA wage and hour violations, wrongful termination, whistleblower protections, and more.
All rulings are sourced from CourtListener, a project of the Free Law Project (501(c)(3) nonprofit). We ingest new rulings daily through automated feeds, then classify each ruling by employment law statute, claim type, outcome, and employer using a combination of keyword matching and AI-assisted extraction.
Use the search and filters above to find rulings relevant to your situation. You can search by case name, employer, or keyword, then filter by statute and date range. Click any ruling to see the full details, including outcome, damages, related laws, and similar cases. If you find a ruling involving your employer, visit their employer profile to see their full complaint history.
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