Can an employee receive workman's comp for injury sustained outside of work in Wisconsin?

Answer:
Not if it was outside of work.. It has to be an "on the job injury"

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Short answer, no.Worker's Compensation, sometimes referred to as "Workman's Compensation" or "Worker's Comp", is the name given to a system of laws meant to protect injured workers. The goal is to make sure that somebody who is injured AT WORK receives appropriate medical care, lost wages relating to the on-the-job injury, and, if necessary, retraining and rehabilitation, so as to be able to return to the workforce.But, if you think you have a case then please speak to a lawyer. Was the person that got hurt serving in some form or capacity of their employer when they got injured outside of the workplace? If so, you could claim they were in fact "at work".

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uhhhh. I don't think so. That is only for while you are at work. Unless you were out of town FOR your work. If you weren't, than it is a NO.

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To get workers comp the injury has to be work related no matter what state you live in. That's why they call it workers comp. If you sustained an injury outside of work you can claim disability and possibly get disability payments but it is unrelated to payments from your place of business.

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Call a work comp lawyer in your state - they'll know where the limits are.

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I don't know about Wisconsin but here you actually have to be at work or taking care of work related business in order to claim Work-comp

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No. Worker's Comp only pays if you are on the clock. If you were at work, but off site, the workers comp will pay. If you just got banged up one night while not at work or on the clock, WC will not pay for that.

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No where can you receive worker's compensation for an injury not acquired on the job unless you do so fraudulently.Worker's compensation is designed to provide for care and benefits for employees injured while performing their job duties as assigned not for any other reason.

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No. That is why they call it workmans comp, because you have to be injured on the job to get it. Why would you get paid because you are out doing something stupid with your friends on your days off. I am not saying you were, just using that as an example.

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No Way!! Workmans Comp only covers injuries sustained "On the Job".

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I'm pretty sure you can only obtain workers' comp if you're injured during your work - if you are unable to work because of an injury sustained outside of work then you would file for state disability

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You can only claim workman's comp if you are injured on the job. Otherwise thats whats known as fraud.

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Well, I'm not from Wisconsin, but I do know that you can't get workman's comp if you weren't injured at work. That's ridiculous! You can get disability.

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