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