The Court of Appeals of South Carolina affirmed a decision by the Appellate Panel of the state’s Workers’ Compensation Commission that awarded death benefits to the children of a motel...
Fatal Shooting of SC Motel Worker Found Compensable Under “Bunkhouse Rule” Fatal Shooting of SC Motel Worker Found Compensable Under “Bunkhouse Rule”Where a grocery store employee was shot and killed in an apparent robbery attempt in the parking lot adjacent to the store, but after the employee had ended her work...
Georgia Employee’s Estate May Move Forward With Tort Action Regarding Parking Lot Shooting Georgia Employee’s Estate May Move Forward With Tort Action Regarding Parking Lot ShootingA Georgia appellate court, reversing a decision of a state Superior Court, held that substantial evidence supported a finding by the State Board of Workers’ Compensation that a restaurant manager’s...
Georgia Restaurant Manager’s Gunshot Wound at Home During Attempted Robbery Was Compensable Georgia Restaurant Manager’s Gunshot Wound at Home During Attempted Robbery Was Compensable© Copyright 2016. Thomas A. Robinson. All rights reserved. For reprint permission, contact tom@workcompwriter.com. For the past ten Decembers or so, I have annually compiled what I think are the...
The Top 10 Bizarre Workers’ Comp Cases for 2016 The Top 10 Bizarre Workers’ Comp Cases for 2016The manager of a Tennessee mattress store, who alleged that she sustained a psychological injury (“PTSD”) when she pursued two persons into the employer’s store parking lot after they had...
Tennessee Mattress Store Manager Prevails in PTSD Claim After Encounter with Purse Snatching Customers Tennessee Mattress Store Manager Prevails in PTSD Claim After Encounter with Purse Snatching Customers