Plummer vs NYCTA
Aug 01, 2001OUTCOME: Found to be a compensable case.
Bus driver who acted as a "Good Samaritan" while in between shifts was found to be in the course of his employment because his uniform caused the victim to run to him for aid.
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OUTCOME: Found to be a compensable case.
Bus driver who acted as a "Good Samaritan" while in between shifts was found to be in the course of his employment because his uniform caused the victim to run to him for aid.
OUTCOME: Found to be a compensable accident
Court of Appeals determined that a 16-year-old "gas jockey" who engaged in horseplay causing himself significant burns when he threw a lighted match into a bucket of oil was entitled to Workers' Compen ... sation.