Court: Law Prof Who Accepted Benefits Can't Claim Injury Not Related to Work in Tort Claim

A federal district court in the nation’s capital said a law school professor who claimed in an application for benefits that she was injured in the course of employment can’t now claim that she wasn’t injured in the course of employment to avoid the exclusive remedy of workers’ compensation. Hdeel Abdelhady received workers’ compensation benefits after she fell down the stairs at an on-campus event, so her negligence claim against George Washington University and its third-party administrator is precluded by exclusive remedy, the U.S. District Court for the Distr...