Posted by: Blair Lane
May 23, 2007

Accidents during business travel are covered by workers compensation

An employee had traveled to Texas for business in 1993, and he had injured his knee when he fell in the hotel shower on the morning of a scheduled business meeting; the workers' compensation carrier for the employer provided coverage from 1993 until 2003, when it determined that the injury was not compensable; the employee then filed a claim for medical and temporary benefits; the Appellate Division affirmed the judge of compensation's holdings (1) that the employee's injury fell within the special-mission exception to the definition of employment set forth in N.J.S.A. 34:15-36 and (2) that the employer was estopped from denying coverage after it provided full medical benefits for 10 years.

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