Tag: compulsion
Explosion in Employee’s Personal Vehicle Held Compensable Based on Special Mission
One of the most interesting workers’ compensation cases in a long time is Van Sciver v. Jersey Mechanical Contractors, Inc., No. A-3525-20 (App. Div. November 15, 2022). There are layers of legal issues in this case, which involved a very serious accident injuring Mr. Van Sciver when a tank filled with acetylene gas exploded. Mr. […]
Compulsion Versus Permission in Workers’ Compensation
“If you require it, you buy it.” So said the Honorable Ray A. Farrington, former Supervising Judge of Compensation in Hackensack in reference to situations where an employer required an employee to perform a task that would otherwise be clearly not work related. The concept of compulsion is an important one to understand in the […]
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