The Myth, Specter, and Bias That Still Drive the Compensability of Work-Related Psychological Injury Claims
Author: The Honorable Dr. Melissa Lin Jones
Law students studying torts for the bar exam see negligence in
supermarket puddles. Probate attorneys see potential business in the
obituaries. Workers’ compensation professionals see claims for benefits in the
news – a customer disgruntled by cold french fries leaps over a counter and
assaults a cashier, a recently-fired employee returns to the office and
assassinates a supervisor, a gas leak at a factory causes a conflagration that
injures a host of assembly line workers. The media did not report these stories
as workers’ compensation cases, but workers’ compensation professionals see
it.