Police Officers and Course and Scope
David Langham, a Florida workers’ comp judge, and a prolific blogger on workers’ comp issues, analyzes a recent Texas case, County of El Paso v. Orozco, which applied travel rules to the death of a law enforcement officer and found the claim to be non-compensable.
A recent case from Texas is an interesting illustration of workers’ compensation compensability, particularly as it relates to police officers. County of El Paso v. Orozco involved a deputy sheriff and travelling. It was decided in December 2016. What is or is not compensable in workers’ compensation is defined by state laws, so the fact that there is a particular outcome in Texas does not mean it would be the same elsewhere. Nonetheless, it is interesting to consider.
Judge Langham’s perspective is always an interesting one. Read the whole thing here.
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