Workers Compensation Flashcards
Contributory negligence
Contributed to her own injury in anyway they cannot collect
Comparative negligence
If the injured worker contributed to his own injury, damages will be reduced by the percentage, the employee contributes to his own injury
Part one Worker’s Compensation
Bodily injury by accident, bodily injury by disease, and bodily injury by result death
Part two employer liability
Rise out of and in the course of of the injured workers employment
Part two employers liability exclusions
Liability assumed under contract, punitive, damages, illegal, employed workers, any obligation imposed, intentional cause, occurred outside the US. It’s territories or possessions and Canada.
Other states
Provides automatic coverage in a state, not listed for part one coverage