[Dangerous Convention] WebCo Held Its Annual Meeting in Las Vegas

question 31

Multiple Choice

[Dangerous Convention] WebCo held its annual meeting in Las Vegas for all its sales employees nationwide. The night before the convention, Eugene went to his office in New York because he left his laptop that contained his presentation materials for the convention at work. While grabbing something off the floor, he hit his head on the desk, fell, and slipped a disc in his back, which later required surgery. At the convention, Doria, the VP of Sales, tripped over a microphone cord on the way to give a speech and broke her hip. Later that evening, Bryson, a sales associate, slipped in the shower in his hotel room and broke his arm. All three employees file workers' compensation claims.
-Is Bryson likely entitled to receive workers' compensation for his injury in the shower?

• A) Yes, many states find an employee who is injured on a business trip is entitled to workers' compensation.
• B) No, because he was not on the employer's premises at the time of the injury.
• C) No, because the injury occurred on a business trip.
• D) Yes, but only if he had worked overtime the day before the injury.
• E) No, because Bryson was not performing his job at the time of the injury.

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