An employee was injured when she got into a fist fight while on a workplace shuttle bus. Can she get workers’ comp benefits for her injuries?
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Tags: fist fight, in the course of employment, injuries from an assault, Workers' comp
A police officer left the station to walk one block and get a cup of coffee. She was struck by a car and seriously injured. Should she get workers’ compensation benefits?
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Tags: in the course of employment, injured while getting coffee, police lieutenant, workers' compensation
Last year we told you about an Australian government worker who was on a business trip when she was injured while having a tryst with a friend in the motel room where she was staying. She applied for workers’ comp benefits. Now, a court has decided the case.
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Tags: business trip, in the course of employment, injured during tryst, motel sex
For purposes of workers’ comp benefits, just what constitutes an injury “arising out of and in the course of employment”? A court recently issued an interesting interpretation of that phrase.
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Tags: broken leg, in the course of employment, off the clock, workers' comp benefits
