No. 24-82

Christina Brown v. Amazon Headquarters, LLC, aka Amazon.com, Inc., et al.

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-07-25
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: course-of-business employer-liability employment medical-licensing unlawful-employment worker's-compensation workers-compensation workplace-liability workplace-safety wrongful-death
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2024-09-30
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Is illegal work considered legitimate work?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED : 1. Is illegal work considered legitimate work? 2. Does the Virginia worker’s compensation act consider illegal work in the course of the business, trade, or employment? 3. 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? 4. 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? ; ii | ; '

Docket Entries

2024-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2024-08-28
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024.
2024-08-20
Waiver of right of respondents Amazon Headquarters LLC aka Amazon.com, Inc., and Amazon Logistics, Inc. to respond filed.
2024-07-23
2024-06-20
Application (23A1015) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until August 2, 2024.
2024-06-17
Application (23A1015) to extend further the time from July 3, 2024 to August 2, 2024, submitted to The Chief Justice.
2024-05-16
Application (23A1015) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until July 3, 2024.
2024-05-13
Application (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.

Attorneys

Amazon Headquarters LLC aka Amazon.com, Inc., and Amazon Logistics, Inc.
G. Bethany IngleLittler Mendelson, P.C., Respondent
G. Bethany IngleLittler Mendelson, P.C., Respondent
Christina Brown
Christina Brown — Petitioner
Christina Brown — Petitioner