Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Dixon v. Dixon
464 U.S. 821
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1983-10-03
- Topic
- general
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
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Sup. Ct. Ga. Certiorari denied.