The wife and children of a state trooper who killed himself after a traumatic event related to his job, do not qualify for workers' compensation death benefits, Nebraska's Supreme Court has ruled.
Mental injury or brain changes caused by a mental stimulus that resulted when the trooper was told he had committed a fatal error, do not fit the comp law's requirement for physical injury or occupational disease, the court found in the case of Loree Zach v. Nebraska State Patrol.
The court's decision last Friday means Nebraska remains one of five states in the nation that does not permit workers' comp claims that involve mental injury.
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