LEI 228 - Workers’ Compensation Law

3 Credit(s)

Elective course for the bachelor’s and associate’s degrees.
This comprehensive course combines theoretical and practical approaches. The course focuses on the development and application of workers’ compensation statues. Topics include statutory elements of a claim for an accident to be work-related and compensable; defenses, burdens of proof, and procedure; distinctions among occupational injury, disease, and stress claims; different types of compensation available; effect of workers’ compensation on civil actions; and related claims for damages and disability. This is a non-legal specialty course.
Prerequisite(s): Introduction to Law and Legal Research I.