Injured While Traveling For Work
Outside of Arizona
By Diana Robles, Associate Attorney
You
may bring a workers compensation claim in Arizona in any of these three
situations: 1) you reside in Arizona; 2) if the company you work for
is headquartered in Arizona; or, 3) if you are injured at work while you are
traveling outside of Arizona.
If you are injured out of state, you have a
right to bring that claim in the state where you were injured, or wherever the
company you work for is headquartered. Individual states have varying
laws that outline the workers rights in that state. Once a claim is filed
in a particular state, that state’s laws would govern the case.
So it would
be impermissible to request that a matter which had previously been filed in a
different state to be transferred to Arizona. If the employer has filed
the matter in a different state, you are subject to the laws and rules of their
workers compensation system and if you need help you must contact an attorney
licensed to practice law in that state to help you with that matter.
If
you were injured while you were traveling outside of Arizona contact an
attorney right away to determine what would be the best way to handle your
claim.
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