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A Maryland appellate court, indicating it was undertaking a case of first impression, held that the compensability of an injury to a home-based employee depended upon an examination of the factors involved in the so-called “Larson Three-Part Test” [see Larson’s Workers’ Compensation Law, § 16.10], which the court adopted. That three-part test examines the following:
Considering those factors in the case at bar, the court held that material factual questions remained as to whether (a) the injured employee’s home should qualify as a home work site, and (b) whether the employee had actually commenced his work day at the time he slipped and fell on black ice on a sidewalk adjacent to his residence. Accordingly, the court remanded the case for further proceedings in conformity with its opinion.
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See Schwan Food Co. v. Frederick, 2019 Md. App. LEXIS 512 (June 27, 2019)
See generally Larson’s Workers’ Compensation Law, § 16.10.
Source: Larson’s Workers’ Compensation Law, the nation’s leading authority on workers’ compensation law
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