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Physical Education teacher's family awarded death benefits for after school student-faculty basketball game fatality

In this very sad case, the decedent was a physical education teacher at a Tidewater area Middle School. He collapsed during an after-school student/faculty basketball game. He ran up and down the court once and collapsed and then died. The claim by the teacher’s widow and children was denied by his employer and their third…

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Workers Compensation Commission rules "no foul" in insurance company's denial of Wal-Mart basketball player's injury claim

In a split decision, the Full Commission ruled on March 4th that a Wal-Mart employee who was injured in a company team’s charity game was NOT entitled to workers comp benefits. In a 2-1 decision, the VWC concluded “the claimant did not prove that the employer mandated, encouraged or promoted his participation at the game…

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