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.
You always think harder is better. Maybe next time I patrol, I should carry bricks and use a stake made out of butter.
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Kathy A - Nov 13, 2007 6:10:46 am PST #2032 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Wolfram - Nov 13, 2007 6:11:01 am PST #2033 of 10001
Visilurking
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.
Dana - Nov 13, 2007 6:12:29 am PST #2034 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
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.
Wolfram - Nov 13, 2007 6:13:40 am PST #2035 of 10001
Visilurking
Dana, what state are you in?
Dana - Nov 13, 2007 6:14:57 am PST #2036 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I'm in Texas, but this document will apply to multiple states.
I am largely using this site for background info: [link]
Allyson - Nov 13, 2007 6:16:01 am PST #2037 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
My dream is to be an Anonymous Donor, someday.
amych - Nov 13, 2007 6:18:04 am PST #2038 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
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.
§ ita § - Nov 13, 2007 6:24:55 am PST #2039 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
What is the world coming to?
Wolfram - Nov 13, 2007 6:24:57 am PST #2040 of 10001
Visilurking
That's a good site. I would suggest changing the definition of "occur within" to:
"meaning that the employee was engaged in a work-related or incidental activity that he would normally be expected to do as part of his course of employment."
Wolfram - Nov 13, 2007 6:26:22 am PST #2041 of 10001
Visilurking
Police charged pop singer Boy George with false imprisonment on Tuesday after he allegedly chained a man to a wall at his London home.
He didn't want him to come and go?