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Old Mar 29, 2007, 05:45 AM
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company logo on softball shirt, workmans compensation

In Ohio, can a company logo on a company softball team shirt be used as evidence in a workmans compensation claim from an employee wearing such a shirt who gets injured in a softball game played in a location away from the company location and not played during regular work hours?

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Old Mar 29, 2007, 06:03 AM   #2  
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Hello Saket:

I'm sure it can be. Especially if you sustain a compensable injury playing softball on your own time for your company team. But I don't think workmans comp will pay you for that. I suggest that you actually need to be at work in order to be covered.

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Old Mar 29, 2007, 08:54 AM   #3  
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I am not sure what the LOGO has to do with it ?? and what you wish to prove with the logo. The lOGO will prove there was a logo on the shirt,
and that the team was wearing the shirt ??

the facts of the casee would be done though witness, where the person was, who saw the person get hurt,

If the person who got hurt says he was playing ball on the team at the time, you don't have to prove he was playing ball on the team for a case.

Also alot of workers comp claims are done at least where we are at, by phone hearings, so evidence will be mailed in or mostly stated.

The real issue here will be the relationship of the team to the place of business. If the business was merely sponsering a team, but it was not a company team, workers comp would not apply normally, but if this was a COMPANY team established by the company, paid for by the company and you had to be a company employee to be on the team, it is very likely that the workers comp will follow, this since it is considered a company activity.

It is just like a company party, held at the Holiday INN if a person gets hurt there it is a company event. ( that is why many companies stoped allowing drinking at company events)

Workers comp is not restricted to company property, but it is any action done by the employee in actions as a employee. And these can be after hour activities, as long as some action of the employee was related to the employment.

So you may wish to step back, talk to a workers comp attorney before going to far into this.

Often denying a small claim, can really hurt, since it hurts other employees moral, and the small claim, once the employee gets an attorney, will be a much larger claim
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All that will prove is that your company sponsored a baseball team. They can not be held liable for any injuries that occur on the field.

And worker's comp only covers injuries you sustain at work.

If you hurt yourself when playing with friends a baseball game, that is NOT your employer's fault.
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