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Did ‘Severe’ Drunkenness Render Fall from Ladder Non-Compensable?
Did ‘Severe’ Drunkenness Render Fall from Ladder Non-Compensable?

Case File Brooklyn, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) -- In New York, when a workplace injury is caused by an employee’s intoxication, the injury may not be compensable under the Workers’ Compensation Act. A case involving an employee […]
What Do You Think: Was Caretaker’s ATV Rollover Caused by 3 Beers and 2 Shots — or 1 Excitable Dog?
What Do You Think: Was Caretaker’s ATV Rollover Caused by 3 Beers and 2 Shots — or 1 Excitable Dog?

Beulah, WY (WorkersCompensation.com) – In Wyoming, an injury is not an “injury” for workers’ compensation purposes if it was caused by intoxication. But what if some intervening event caused or was partially responsible for the […]
What Do You Think: Did Prior Night’s Drinking Bar Benefits to Worker who Plummeted from Lift? 
What Do You Think: Did Prior Night’s Drinking Bar Benefits to Worker who Plummeted from Lift? 

Wheeling, WV (WorkersCompensation.com) -- In West Virginia, there is a presumption that a worker’s injury was caused by intoxication if his blood is promptly tested, and his blood alcohol content exceeds a certain limit.  But […]
Minn. Worker’s Cocaine Use Days Earlier Didn’t ‘Intoxicate’ him During Wreck
Minn. Worker’s Cocaine Use Days Earlier Didn’t ‘Intoxicate’ him During Wreck

Minneapolis, MN (WorkersCompensation.com) -- What bearing could cocaine have on an employee's work-related injury? It depends on whether the employee was "intoxicated" at the time of the accident, and as was on display in Morales […]