Worker’s Compensation ~ Occupational Safety and Disease
*Halfacre v. U.S. (10th Cir., June 2, 2021) (affirming dismissal of Halfacre’s Federal Tort Claims Act claim for lack of subject matter jurisdiction: Halfacre sued under the Federal Employee’s Compensation Act (“FECA”), which proscribes judicial review of claims under the Federal Tort Claims Act where, as here, the Labor Secretary determines that the FECA applies)
Workplace Violence ~ Weapons
*Burge v. Wal-Mart Stores East, LP (10th Cir., June 3, 2021) (reversing summary judgment in favor of Wal-Mart on Burge’s negligence claim after he was stabbed in front of a Wal-Mart by an employee’s drunk husband: the district court erred in framing the issue of foreseeability too narrowly, asking whether Walmart should have foreseen a stabbing as opposed to an assault)
*Cases marked with an asterisk are not binding precedent, except under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, and collateral estoppel.
