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Christina Brown v. Amazon Headquarters, LLC, aka Amazon.com, Inc., et al.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, No. 23-1921 · judgment February 2, 2024
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Questions presented
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Is illegal work considered legitimate work?
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Does the Virginia worker’s compensation act consider illegal work in the course of the business, trade, or employment?
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Can an employer that does not have a medical license and admits it is not a health care employer direct an unlicensed employee to practice medicine and perform professional health care work responsibilities that require medical state licensing and medical board certification?
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Where an employee has succumbed to their death due to performing work outside the usual course of business, or while performing unlawful act on behalf of the employer, and therefore does not have access to the Virginia worker’s compensation benefits, can their employer still evade liability in a wrongful death lawsuit because the harm happened at the workplace?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Christina Brown
For respondent
G. Bethany Ingle
Littler Mendelson, P.C.
Proceedings
- Oct 07 2024Petition DENIED.
- Aug 28 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024.
- Aug 20 2024Waiver of right of respondents Amazon Headquarters LLC aka Amazon.com, Inc., and Amazon Logistics, Inc. to respond filed.
- Jul 23 2024Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 26, 2024)
- Jun 20 2024Application (23A1015) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until August 2, 2024.
- Jun 17 2024Application (23A1015) to extend further the time from July 3, 2024 to August 2, 2024, submitted to The Chief Justice.
- May 16 2024Application (23A1015) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until July 3, 2024.
- May 13 2024Application (23A1015) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from June 3, 2024 to July 3, 2024, submitted to The Chief Justice.