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Employers are justifiably concerned about workplace violence, worker safety and workers’ compensation claims. But does a fight between coworkers that ends with injuries become a workers’ comp claim?
In one recent case, a Louisiana appellate court said no.
The case
Steven Frederick Washington filed a workers’ compensation claim with the OWC alleging that, while driving a shuttle for Gallo Mechanical Contractors, L.L.C., for a work-related project, he was assaulted by another employee, Lamar Rogers, which resulted in injuries to Washington’s head, neck, back, and shoulders.
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