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During normal work time (not on a break), on behalf of another employee, an employee injured his hip trying to free a purchase from a vending machine. Was this injury sustained within the scope of the employee's employment? Should he receive worker's comp benefits?

The injury happened in Illinois where there is a good Samaritan doctrine. That doctrine says that if in the course of a person's job someone is injured while aiding another employee, and if that action was reasonably foreseeable, then compensation should be paid under worker's comp.

Here is the story from Risk & Insurance Online (read the complete article):

"The employee injured his hip when he lunged at a vending machine with his right shoulder and hip. The employee was helping a coworker whose purchase got stuck in the machine. The facts did not fit squarely within the personal comfort doctrine because the employee was not seeking refreshment for himself and he was not on a break. However, the Illinois Appellate Court found the injury was compensable under the good Samaritan doctrine."

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Labels: Workers' Comp

1 Comments:

 Fall Protection Guy said...

Seems crazy to me, but what do I know. Apparently, that 75 cents was a pretty big deal?

I'm kind of ashamed that this even happened. Don't you chalk this one up to being an idiot instead of making the company pay for it?

Of course it sounds like if you got a partner you could work this grift across the state.

8:59 AM  

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