Dixon v. Dixon

How later courts describe this case

• holding that § 1983 preempts state workers’ compensation law
• noting that while "a survival claim is based on the decedent’s claim for damages sustained during a lifetimeQ]... a wrongful death action creates a new claim or cause of action for the loss sustained by a statutory beneficiary of the decedent (directly from his death.”)
• reaching same conclusion for longshore worker employed in United Arab Emirates
• reaching same conclusion for long-shore worker employed in United Arab Emirates
• 42 U.S.C. § 1983 preempts exclusive remedy provision of Wyoming’s workers’ compensation law