A security surveillance agent monitoring 38 video screens started to put his legs on his desk to revive circulation. His chair tipped over and he was thrown to the floor, sustaining injuries. Will a court allow him to get workers’ comp for those injuries?

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Tags: fell over in chair, Fitzgeralds casino, in scope of employment, Nevada, personal comfort doctrine

An employee used a company vehicle, which he was allowed to drive, to get coffee and suffered a serious accident. He applied for workers’ comp benefits. Did he receive them?

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Tags: company vehicle, personal comfort doctrine, Workers' comp

An employee helps a co-worker get a stuck bag of chips out of a workplace vending machine and in the process fractures his hip. Does he get workers’ comp or not?

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Tags: fractured hip, good Samaritan doctrine, personal comfort doctrine, snack machine, Workers' comp