What Qualifies as a Compensable Accident and Injury under Florida Workers’ Compensation?
The employer must pay compensation or furnish benefits required by the Florida workers’ compensation Act if the employee suffers an accidental compensable injury or death arising out of work performed in the course and the scope of employment. The Act defines “injury,” in pertinent part, as “personal injury … by accident arising out of and in the course of employment.” Under the Act, “[t]he concept of accidental injury is founded upon unexpectedness in either cause or result. . . .” The Act defines the term “accident” as follows: “Accident” means only an unexpected or unusual event or result that happens suddenly. Disability or death due to the accidental acceleration or aggravation of a venereal disease or of a disease due to the habitual use of alcohol or controlled substances or narcotic drugs, or a disease that manifests itself in the fear of or dislike for an individual because of the individual’s race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or handicap is not an injury by
The employer must pay compensation or furnish benefits required by the Florida workers’ compensation Act if the employee suffers an accidental compensable injury or death arising out of work performed in the course and the scope of employment. The Act defines “injury,” in pertinent part, as “personal injury … by accident arising out of and in the course of employment.” Under the Act, “[t]he concept of accidental injury is founded upon unexpectedness in either cause or result. . . .” The Act defines the term “accident” as follows: “Accident” means only an unexpected or unusual event or result that happens suddenly. Disability or death due to the accidental acceleration or aggravation of a venereal disease or of a disease due to the habitual use of alcohol or controlled substances or narcotic drugs, or a disease that manifests itself in the fear of or dislike for an individual because of the individual’s race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or handicap is not an injury by
