An employee was on an allowed lunch break. When he went just across the street from where he was working to eat his sandwich, he was injured. Should he get workers’ comp benefits?

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No doubt about it: There’s workers’ comp fraud out there. But comp cheats do get caught.

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Workers’ comp laws in some states do contain provisions to discourage employees from trying to cheat the system. Here’s one example:

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