What kinds of issues confront the workers' compensation system today?
What will be an ideal response?
Just as society has grappled with workplace issues such as sexual harassment, creation of a hostile environment, AIDS, and employee rage, so too has the workers' compensation system. Many systems are still groping for the appropriate ways to handle issues supposedly addressed by federal and state legislation. For example, is potential exposure to AIDS a compensable injury if the worker does not become infected? Do the psychological stresses caused by the fear of possibly contracting AIDS, which could result in a person's being unable to work, constitute a work-related injury? Psychological incapacity due to sexual harassment and/or hostile work environments must also be addressed. Many systems are having problems as well in dealing with purely psychological injuries that have no physical cause.
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Under state survival statutes today, for torts involving injuries to a person's tangible interests (such as injuries sustained as a result of the tort of battery), most of these causes of action survive the death of the victim or the tortfeasor
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
The first motion after losing a case at trial is often a(n) ______________
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
This document provides the time, place and nature of the motion:
A) order B) affidavit C) declaration D) notice of motion