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Does Workers’ Compensation Cover Employee Injured Performing a ‘Common Courtesy’?
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An employee has been awarded workers’ compensation benefits after being injured when performing a “common courtesy” even though her employer maintains what she did was outside the course and scope of her employment. The Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission (VWCC) has …