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Compensation for Job Related Injury

For most kinds of employment, state workers’ compensation statutes govern compensation for injuries.  The statutes provide that the injured employee is entitled to compensation for accidents occurring in the course of employment.  Every State has some form of workers’ compensation legislation.  The statutes vary widely from State to State.  When an employee is covered by a workers’ compensa­tion statute, and when the injury is job connected, the employee’s remedy is limited to what is provided in the worker’s compensation statute.  In other words, the employee cannot sue his employer for negligence. Generally, no compensation is allowed for a willful, self-inflicted, injury, or one sustained while the employee is intoxicated.


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