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Intoxication Workers' Compensation Claim

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Pour Decisions: The Intoxication Defense

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What Is the Intoxication Defense? For instances where intoxication/impairment may be suspected, N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-12 provides a complete defense against a claim for workers’ compensation where the injury and/or death...more

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OSHA Injury & Illness Recording of Intoxicated Employee Injury

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A recent OSHA Interpretation indicates that a workplace injury an employee sustains when he/she is intoxicated must be recorded on the company’s OSHA Injury and Illness Log. OSHA stated that the exception for recording...more

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West Virginia's Amended Deliberate Intent Statute

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For a number of years, W. Va. Code § 23-4-2 (commonly known as the deliberate intent statute) has provided employees with work-related injuries an avenue to circumvent the workers' compensation immunity afforded to West...more

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