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SB 823 Workers' compensation; presumption that certain injuries are work related.

Introduced by: John S. Edwards | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)

Workers' compensation; presumption that injury is work related.  Creates a presumption, in the absence of a preponderance of evidence to the contrary, that an injury is work related.  The presumption arises in a claim under the Workers' Compensation Act where an employee is physically or mentally unable to testify and there is unrebutted prima facie evidence that the injury was work related. HB 1475 is identical.


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