· 1/12/1989
Alphonso Chinnery v. Government of the Virgin Islands
Citations
- 865 F.2d 68
- 4 I.E.R. Cas. (BNA) 30
- 1989 U.S. App. LEXIS 185
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- “When an employee’s injury is compensable under a workers’ compensation statute, by reason of exclusive remedy provisions ... the employer is not liable for negligence at common law.”
- where employee suffered a physical injury compensable under the WCA, it “does not matter that [he] also suffered mental or nervous injuries”
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Judges: Greenberg, Scirica, Weis
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