PJC General Negligence 2024

C ONTENTS

C HAPTER 14

D EFENSES

PJC 14.1

Limitations—Tolling by Diligence in Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219

C HAPTER 15

W ORKERS ’ C OMPENSATION —B URDEN OF P ROOF ON J UDICIAL R EVIEW

PJC 15.1

Burden of Proof (Comment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223

PJC 15.2

Consideration of Appeals Panel Decision (Comment) . . . . . . . . 224

PJC 15.3

Weight to Be Given Opinion of Designated Doctor (Comment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225

C HAPTER 16

W ORKERS ’ C OMPENSATION —E MPLOYMENT

PJC 16.1

Employee—Question. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229

PJC 16.2

Independent Contractor—Question. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231

PJC 16.3

Borrowed Employee—Question . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234

PJC 16.4

Excluded Employment—Question . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236

PJC 16.5

Employer with More Than One Business—Question. . . . . . . . . 238

PJC 16.6

Out-of-State Employment and Injury—Question . . . . . . . . . . . . 240

PJC 16.7

Subcontracting to Avoid Compensation Liability—Question. . . 242

C HAPTER 17

W ORKERS ’ C OMPENSATION —C OURSE AND S COPE OF E MPLOYMENT

PJC 17.1

Injury in Course and Scope of Employment—Question. . . . . . . 247

PJC 17.2

Heart Attack—Injury—Question. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250

PJC 17.3

Not in Regular Course and Scope of Employment, or Temporary Direction—Instruction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252

PJC 17.4

Personal Comfort—Instruction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253

PJC 17.5

Employee Injured While Engaged in Recreational, Social, or Athletic Activities—Instruction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254

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