{"id":2765,"date":"2015-06-25T21:20:14","date_gmt":"2015-06-25T21:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hartlawfirmllp.com\/?p=2765"},"modified":"2015-06-25T21:20:14","modified_gmt":"2015-06-25T21:20:14","slug":"work-injuries-and-the-employment-services-doctrine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hartlawfirmllp.com\/?p=2765","title":{"rendered":"Work Injuries and the Employment Services Doctrine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Claims are often denied by insurance companies under the defense that an injured employee wasn&#8217;t actually working at the time the job injury occurred. \u00a0Under our current law, however, injuries that may not seem particularly work-related at first glance may actually be viable workers&#8217; compensation claims. \u00a0For example, an injury occurring while an employee is using the restroom, eating lunch, or even on break might very well be deemed to be a compensable claim under our Workers&#8217; Compensation Act. \u00a0Our Employment Services Doctrine states that if an employee is performing services at the time of his accident that either directly <u>or even indirectly<\/u> benefit the employer in any way, that employee is technically &#8220;on the job&#8221; when the injury occurred. \u00a0Some of these cases have to be tried in court; and some go all the way up to our Supreme Court, like this one, handled and won by Hart Law in 2006: <a href=\"https:\/\/opinions.aoc.arkansas.gov\/weblink8\/0\/doc\/273068\/Page6.aspx\">https:\/\/opinions.aoc.arkansas.gov\/weblink8\/0\/doc\/273068\/Page6.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>By: \u00a0Neal L. 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