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Workers' Comp.

Jan. 23, 2002

Off-Hours Accident Remedied Only by Workers' Compensation

SAN FRANCISCO -Asserting that "no good deed goes unpunished," a state appellate court has wiped out a $512,900 judgment won by a fabric store employee injured by a falling shelf while at the workplace on her day off to sign a get-well card.

By Peter Blumberg
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        SAN FRANCISCO -Asserting that "no good deed goes unpunished," a state appellate court has wiped out a $512,900 judgment won by a fabric store employee injured by a falling shelf while at the workplace on her day off to sign a get-well card.
        The Fres...

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