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Police Officer Wins Worker's Compensation Dispute
Posted on Jan 26, 2010
A police officer has been seeking workers' compensation benefits from the county he worked after being permanently disabled in a motorcycle wreck that occured on his way to work.
The officer was traveling to back up a fellow officer that called for help when his motorcycle crashed. "He spent four months in various hospitals and, after his personal insurance covered 20 percent of his expenses, he still faced more than $600,000 in unpaid medical bills."
The dispute occured because the county stated that the officer was not on duty but was reporting to work when the motorcycle accident happened. The main issue was whether the officer was on duty at the time of the crash or only reporting to work.
An initial determination that the officer was eligible for worker's compensation benefits successfully was challenged by the county before a worker's compensation appeals board however later won favorable ruling in the state court that was upheld in the Court of Appeals.
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