Accidental injury, disease. (Workers' Comp). From: Risk & Insurance | Date: September 2, 2002| Author: DeCarlo, Donald T. | COPYRIGHT 2002 Axon Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Many states modeled their original workers' compensation laws after the English workmen's compensation act of 1897, which included reference to "personal injury by accident." The intent of this language was to ensure that employers were only responsible for unintended injuries stemming from a workplace incident.

The term "accidental" implies that at least some part of the incident must be unexpected. In most instances, it is held that the "accident" requirement is met wh...

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