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Legal Briefs: Self-inflicted injury doesn't preclude comp benefits.

Publication: Business Insurance
Publication Date: 10-APR-06
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Legal Briefs: Self-inflicted injury doesn't preclude comp benefits.(Briefs)(Indiana State Police v. James Wiessing)(workers compensation case)(Sokol & Co. vs. Atlantic Mutual Insurance Co)(commercial general liability insurance case)

Article Excerpt
A state trooper's suicide was caused by a post-traumatic stress disorder related to an earlier incident and, thus, a statute prohibiting recovery of workers compensation benefits for a knowingly inflicted injury did not preclude recovery of benefits by the trooper's descendants, according to the Court of Appeals of Indiana.

James Wiessing, a trooper with the Indiana State Police, stopped a motorist in 1994 during a routine traffic stop. The motorist attempted to take Mr. Wiessing's gun. A struggle ensued, and Mr. Wiessing shot and killed the motorist. In 1995, Mr. Wiessing was diagnosed as suffering from a chronic post-traumatic...

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