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The question is:\u00a0 Do an injured employee get workers compensation benefits when he or she is assaulted in the workplace?<\/p>\n

The answer is: sometimes.<\/p>\n

The Alaska Workers Compensation Act is meant providers benefits to workers injured in the course and scope of their employment.\u00a0 If an assault or sexual assault is reasonably foreseeable and incidental to the employment, then the employee is entitled to workers compensation benefits.\u00a0 Obvious examples of an occupation where an assault is reasonably foreseeable and incidental to the employment include jail employees, hospital employees, police, security employees.<\/p>\n

If the employment provided a unique opportunity which led to the assault, then workers compensation should apply.\u00a0 In Temple<\/i> v Denali Lodge, <\/i>21 P 3rd<\/sup> 813 (Alaska, 2001), the Supreme Court cited a North Carolina case where a cocktail waitress stopped to help a stranded motorist who she recognized as a customer.\u00a0 He kidnapped and sexually assaulted her and she sustained serious injuries escaping.<\/p>\n

If the employment creates a special risk, then subsequent injuries should be covered by workers compensation.\u00a0 The Supreme Court also cited a California case of a woman whose job required her to do home visits.\u00a0 Her husband posed as a customer under an assumed name and shot and killed her when she came to his apartment.<\/p>\n

It is unlikely however that an employer would be responsible merely for failing to protect his employees from assault.<\/p>\n

Keenan Powell has practiced Workers Compensation law in the State of Alaska for over 30 years and has dedicated her practice to Workers Compensation representing injured Alaskans handling hundreds of cases.\u00a0 A sample of verdicts she has obtained for Employees is found at\u00a0 http:\/\/www.keenanpowell.com\/settlements_wc.html<\/a>.<\/p>\n

There is absolutely no fee for a consultation, all consultations are free.\u00a0 If you want to set up a meeting, use the contact form on this website or call:\u00a0 907 258 7663.<\/p>\n

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