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The Tricky Role of Jurisdiction in Workers' Comp Cases

How jurisdictional issues can play a major part in workers compensation claims.

By staff Writer | Updated on April 03, 2014

Jurisdictional issues can play a major role in workers’ compensation claims cases, especially when locations of the accident, the employer and the claimant are different, writes attorney Keith Richardson on WCI360.com, Web site of the Workers’ Compensation Institute. 

For example: If the claimant lives in, say, North Carolina and the employer has an office in North Carolina, but the accident took place outside of North Carolina, does the North Carolina Industrial Commission have jurisdiction? Not necessarily, Richardson says.

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