Abstract
Suicide as a Compensable Claim Under Workers’ Compensation Statutes: a Guide for the Lawyer and the Psychiatrist
Batt J~~Bastien C P
This article notes that many courts have been forced to consider the issue of whether an employee’s suicide which follows a compensable on-the-job injury should constitute a separate ground for worker’s compensation benefits. It calls for more consistency in these adjudications. The article examines 4 types of analyses courts use to establish direct causal relationship & endorses the chain of causation test as it most closely corresponds with modern psychiatric theory. (110 ref/notes.)