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special employee
special employee : an employee under workers' compensation law who is assigned by his or her employer to work for another employer
self-insure
self-insure : to insure by self-insurance (as in workers' compensation) [an employer wishing to its liability "Pennsylvania Statutes"] vi : to use self-insurance [a governmental agency that s]
last injurious exposure rule
last injurious exposure rule : a rule placing liability for workers' compensation on the last employer of a worker disabled as a result of injuries or conditions suffered under two
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remedial
removal, or abatement of an evil, defect, or disease [ treatment of an inmate to improve behavior] [a workers' compensation claimant who received attention from a doctor] [ a statute correcting the previous law] 2 : of, relating
referee
referee : an officer appointed by a court or quasi-judicial body (as a workers' compensation board) to investigate a case, report findings, and often to make orders subject to review [the board may
odd-lot doctrine
odd-lot doctrine : a doctrine in workers' compensation law: a disabled worker who is not totally incapacitated for all work may nonetheless be considered totally disabled
occupational disease
than from the ordinary risks to which the general public is exposed and that renders one eligible for workers' compensation compare disability
loaned servant
a loaned servant is considered an employee of the borrowing employer who is thus liable for negligence or workers' compensation
going and coming rule
going and coming rule : a rule that an employee cannot receive workers' compensation benefits for injuries suffered while coming to or going from work see also special hazard rule, special mission
frustrate
frustrate frus·trat·ed frus·trat·ing : to make invalid or ineffectual : defeat [the remedial purposes of the Workers' Compensation Act should not be frustrated by rigid technical standards "Palmer v. Bath Iron Works Corp., 559 A.2d 340
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