A nurse can receive workers' compensation benefits for an injury she suffered when she went to work to pick up her paycheck on her day off, the Pennsylvania state Supreme Court ruled. The unanimous justices said that because receiving wages is a fundamental aspect of employment, Nannie Hoffman was injured in the course of her employment. A lower court said that because Hoffman had other ways of getting her paycheck, including direct deposit, she could not collect benefits.
December 29, 1999 at 12:00 AM
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A nurse can receive workers’ compensation benefits for an injury she suffered when she went into work to pick up her paycheck on her day off, the Pennsylvania state Supreme Court has ruled.
Reversing the Commonwealth Court, the unanimous justices said that because receiving wages is a fundamental aspect of employment, Nannie Hoffman was injured in the course of her employment.
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