Question for serious insurance and workers comp insurance professionals and attorneys. How would workers comp respond if a co-worker attacked another co-worker on the job. For example a disgruntled employee attacks and maims co-workers. Would the courts / State view this as work related injuries? Will this interpretation vary by state?
Mark is 100% correct “Depends on what they were fighting about — work related or personal differences.”
See “Zemis v. SCI Contractors, Inc” — employee was in auto accident w/ a co-workers wife. Co-worker blamed employee and confronted him physically at the job site. Courts determined was not covered under comp.
See “Appeal of Griffin” — two co-workers got into a fight. The driver was driving coworkers back from a meal, and the fight started with a quarrel about his driving. The driving was work-related and the fight was about the driving; thus the injuries were work-related.
–paraphrase of “Workers Comepensation Guide Interpretation & Analysis” by Thamann & Reitz
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Question for serious insurance and workers comp insurance professionals and attorneys. How would workers comp respond if a co-worker attacked another co-worker on the job. For example a disgruntled employee attacks and maims co-workers. Would the courts / State view this as work related injuries? Will this interpretation vary by state?
So THAT is why this company scratched my car last year!
What a monkey job.
My favorite answer!! ” It Depends ”
Mark is 100% correct “Depends on what they were fighting about — work related or personal differences.”
See “Zemis v. SCI Contractors, Inc” — employee was in auto accident w/ a co-workers wife. Co-worker blamed employee and confronted him physically at the job site. Courts determined was not covered under comp.
See “Appeal of Griffin” — two co-workers got into a fight. The driver was driving coworkers back from a meal, and the fight started with a quarrel about his driving. The driving was work-related and the fight was about the driving; thus the injuries were work-related.
–paraphrase of “Workers Comepensation Guide Interpretation & Analysis” by Thamann & Reitz