What if the Worker Caused his Own Accident?
Workers’ compensation in Florida may be called a “no-fault” system. Florida’s workers’ compensation Act provides that compensation shall be payable irrespective of fault as a cause for the injury, except that no workers’ compensation benefits are payable if the employee’s injury was occasioned primarily by the willful intention of the employee to injure or kill himself, herself, or another; and no workers’ compensation benefits are payable if the employee’s injury was occasioned primarily by the intoxication of the employee or by the influence of any drugs, barbiturates, or other stimulants not prescribed by a physician. If injury is caused by the knowing refusal of the employee to use a safety appliance or observe a safety rule required by statute or lawfully adopted by the department, and brought prior to the accident to the employee’s knowledge, or if injury is caused by the knowing refusal of the employee to use a safety appliance provided by the employer, the employee’s workers’ c
