Consider this situation: Martha has worked for over 20 years for a company that manufactures parts for industrial machinery. Martha is a small woman working in a job that requires a great deal of heavy, repetitive lifting. Eventually, she develops a degenerative disc condition in her lower back. The pain and the damage to her back render her unable to do her job. She pursues a workers\u2019 compensation claim in her home state, which is one of the least generous states in terms of workers\u2019 compensation benefits. The compensation system being the exclusive remedy, she cannot file a separate personal injury lawsuit against the employer for her injury.<\/p>\n
Does it seem fair that workers\u2019 compensation is Martha\u2019s only remedy?<\/p>\n
Tip: Consider that Martha might be entitled to greater damages for an equally crippling injury that occurred anywhere else other than where she worked.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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