Summary:  This article is a follow-up to the article In the Course of Employment, as it goes into the three major interpretations states use in applying the "arising out of" requirement—the increased risk, the positional risk, or the actual risk doctrine. The applicable doctrine is determined by whether or not the compensable injury meets the requirements of that doctrine, otherwise known as 'testing' the doctrine. Most states have adopted one of these doctrines in particular, or have decided cases in a manner that closely relates to one of the three.

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Increased-risk doctrine