I know my boss got workman's comp when she fell walking across the lobby of the building and broke her wrist. I mean, I guess the injury was caused by the circumstance of her walking in her place of employment, and by work-related activity I suppose walking into the building is work-related. But in my experience workman's comp is pretty broad, and your definition sounds narrower than I'd expect.

Did you tell him about the pictures of naked women on the conference room walls? Did you tell him they gave you free porn?

I may have mentioned the free porn and I also may have used the phrase, "seriously, dad, boobies everywhere."

Happy birthday, Hil!!

In other good news, an anonymous donor has given $100 million (yes, that's $100 million) to the town of Erie, PA:

Mike Batchelor invited the heads of 46 charities into his downtown office for one-on-one meetings to personally deliver the news. Nearby, on a small table, sat a box of tissues.

And then he proceeded: A donor had given a staggering $100 million to the Erie Community Foundation, and all of the charities would receive a share.

That was when the tears began to flow -- and the mystery began -- in this struggling old industrial city of 102,000 on Lake Erie, where the donor is known only as "Anonymous Friend."

My main experience with workers' comp was my mom's fall in the parking lot of her company back in 1979. She strained her shoulder, was given some medication for it, and came down with Stevens-Johnson Syndrome as the allergic reaction she had to the medicine. WC paid for the three months she spent in the hospital.

WC is broader than that. Typically you can get compensated for most foreseeable injuries that occurs at the workplace, and in some cases, commuting to the workplace.

I know the definition of a "work-related injury" is pretty broad. I don't need to detail every possible case. This is just an overview that mostly covers how people will report claims to the company and the third-party claims administrator.

Dana, what state are you in?

I'm in Texas, but this document will apply to multiple states.

I am largely using this site for background info: [link]

My dream is to be an Anonymous Donor, someday.

So not a lawyer, but the way it's always been explained to me is more or less: flea's boss was walking across the lobby of the building because she has to be here for her job, so even if it's not a tragic book-lifting incident, it's still related to her work. If she'd broken her wrist at a wild football tailgate on campus, well, she happened to be on looniversity property, but it wasn't part of her job.

Also, the thought of flea's boss tailgating is going to give me weeks of amusement. Enough so that it may be the only reason I bothered to post my total lack of knowledge.