Injured At Work Due to a Co-Workers Joke? You May Have a Case.

The Joke Was On You At Work – Can You Recover If You Got Injured?

Since the time human beings have been on the planet, and been engaged in some sort of employment, there have always been those instances where one co-worker for whatever reason decides to play a joke on another co-worker.  The examples are many from the simple pulling out the chair in the meeting room as the person goes to sit down, to the complicated booby trap in the storage facility, to the knocking over of the co-worker occupied portable toilet at the construction site.  But, what happens if you are that innocent co-worker and get injured in the process?

The laws of both North Carolina and South Carolina have generally held that the innocent victim who gets injured by this “horseplay” has a compensable workers’compensation case.  The theory behind holding these cases as compensable is that being the subject of workplace “horseplay” is a recognized hazard of employment.  Of note, the courts of both states have frowned on the aggressor of the “horseplay” who injures himself in failed “horseplay” on another in certain circumstances.

If you have been injured in an automobile accident, or hurt on the job by “horseplay,” please reach out to our firm so we can put our years of experience to work for you.  Tippens & Zurosky has knowledgeable, experienced attorneys who can fight for your rights if you have been injured on the job, or in an automobile accident in North Carolina, or South Carolina.  Call us toll-free at 877-372-3580, or at 704-343-0018, for a free consultation.  Let us help you!