http://www.allenlawoffices.com/newsletters/Workers-Compensation/?launch_axn=feed&type=rss_2.0 Untitled 9 http://www.allenlawoffices.com/newsletters/Workers-Compensation/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000400&title=Intoxication&source=feed When an employee is injured outside the course of his employment, he is ineligible to receive workers' compensation benefits. When an employee becomes voluntarily intoxicated such that he cannot function or perform the tasks of his job, courts... http://www.allenlawoffices.com/newsletters/Workers-Compensation/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000400&title=Intoxication&source=feed http://www.allenlawoffices.com/newsletters/Workers-Compensation/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000456&title=Traveling+To+and+From+Work&source=feed Employees do not only suffer injuries while actively in the service of their employer. Some injuries occur outside working hours while the employee is traveling to or from work. Workers' compensation for such injuries may be recovered only if... http://www.allenlawoffices.com/newsletters/Workers-Compensation/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000456&title=Traveling+To+and+From+Work&source=feed http://www.allenlawoffices.com/newsletters/Workers-Compensation/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000429&title=Injured+Employee%27s+Recovery+Election&source=feed Historically, when an employee was injured in the course of his employment, but at the hands of a negligent third party, he was technically able to pursue relief through both the workers' compensation system and a third-party action. Though not... http://www.allenlawoffices.com/newsletters/Workers-Compensation/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000429&title=Injured+Employee%27s+Recovery+Election&source=feed http://www.allenlawoffices.com/newsletters/Workers-Compensation/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000435&title=Medical+Benefits&source=feed A key feature of the workers' compensation system is that it provides medical benefits for the injured worker. The medical benefits provided to eligible employees include those for medical services, medicine, and medical equipment or... http://www.allenlawoffices.com/newsletters/Workers-Compensation/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000435&title=Medical+Benefits&source=feed http://www.allenlawoffices.com/newsletters/Workers-Compensation/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000274&title=Employer%27s+Transportation+of+Employee&source=feed When an employer transports the employee to and from his place of work, the journey is considered to be in the course of employment. Therefore, if the employee is injured during the journey, his injuries should be covered by workers'... http://www.allenlawoffices.com/newsletters/Workers-Compensation/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000274&title=Employer%27s+Transportation+of+Employee&source=feed