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Another Four Years: Employees Have More Time to Sue Employers For Racial Discrimination Claims ( January 2005 )
Recently, the United States Supreme Court, in Jones v. R.R. Donelly & Sons Co., addressed the applicable time period employees could sue employers for claims brought under a federal civil rights statute that prohibits intentional racial discrimination. See 42 U.S.C. § 1981. Most employee discrimination statutes, such as Title VII or the Texas Commission on Human Rights Act, specify the time period within which a charge and/or lawsuit must be filed. Unlike those laws, however, Section 1981 (which has no relation to the year in which it was passed and does not sound as catchy as Title VII) has no administrative prerequisites, nor any caps on compensatory or punitive damages. -
Occupational Illness Cases In A Maritime Context--The Plaintiff's Perspective ( November 1999 )
This paper is intended to be an overview of the issues which plaintiff's attorneys face in bring. -
Does Payment Of Workers' Compensation Benefits Interrupt Prescriptive Periods For Maritime Claims? ( October 1999 )
Prejean was injured during the course and scope of his employment with Industrial Cleanup, Inc. while working aboar. -
Maritime Gaming & Available Tort Remedies ( October 1999 )
It's back! Riverboat Gambling and Dockside Gaming has returned with a spectacular bang. -
Maritime Damages for Wrongful Death ( June 1999 )
Maritime Damages for Wrongful Death of Seaman May Include Nonpecuniary Loss for Seaman Against Nonemployer. The E. -
Injuries at Sea: Establishing Liability ( March 1998 )
Over the past year, I have had the pleasure of authoring a series of articles outlining principles of maritime la. -
Maritime Damages ( June 1998 )
Maritime and admiralty law encompasses a unique set of rules, concepts and procedures governing navigation and co. -
Defining a Seaman ( March 1997 )
For most workers injured on the job the only legal remedy is to pursue a workers' compensation claim against thei.
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