JUST-AS-PROBABLE RULE

By SovConn | June 6, 2013

just-as-probable rule.Workers’ compensation. A doctrine whereby a workers’-compensation claim will be denied if it is equally likely that the injury resulted from a non-work-related cause as from a work-related cause. [Cases: Workers’ Compensation 1487–1492. C.J.S. Workmen’s Compensation §§ 1035–1040, 1046.]

[Blacks Law 8th]

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