Under workers\' compensation, when an employee is accidentally injured on the jo
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Under workers' compensation, when an employee is accidentally injured on the job: Question 1 options: A worker can recover under workers' compensation but usually can not file a normal lawsuit against the employer unless the employer intentionally caused the injury. A worker has the choice of whether to file a normal lawsuit or recover from the workers' compensation board. A worker can file a normal lawsuit and recover from the workers' compensation board. Whether the injury occurred in the course of employment is not relevant.
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Under workers' compensation, when an employee is accidentally injured on the job they can claim or recover from the worker's compensation board. If the employees are further filing a lawsuit against the employers and if the employers are legally paying back for the injuries whose compensation were earlier claimed from the compensation board, then the employees will have pay back the claimed amount to the worker compensation board.
Employees can either claim from the worker compensation board or claim from the employer by filing a lawsuit. The time of injury is very important for claiming the compenstion, and the course of employement is definitely relevant for deciding on the compenstion.
Hence option B is correct: A worker has the choice to whether to file normal lawsuit or recoved fromthe worker's compenstion board.
Additionally an employee will be able to claim from the both the employer and the compesation board if the empoyer intentionally hurts the employee.
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