Legal Question in Workers Comp in Kansas
compensable injury
Whether a physical injury or emotional distress resulting from sexual harassment constitutes an injury compensable under the workers' compensation statute, and if so, is workers' compensation the exclusive remedy?
Asked on 1/08/01, 11:55 am
1 Answer from Attorneys
Jim Wright
Wright Law Office
Re: compensable injury
This response is not legal advice nor does it create an attorney-client relationship. In Kansas there is no recovery for psychiatric problems unless there is a physical injury. If there is a physical injury and psychiatric problems flow from that injury, work comp is the exclusive remedy. There is a notice requirement, a written claim requirement and a filing of a timely application that must be done within deadlines to preserve a claim. Jim Wright
Answered on 1/12/01, 10:29 am
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