Ruling Exposes Employers with Fitness-for-Duty Requirements

A Wisconsin appellate court ruling in favor of an off-duty police officer who was injured doing pushups at home as he prepared for a work-required fitness test could open the door for future workers’ compensation cases involving injuries outside of the workplace, two workers’ compensation attorneys in the state said. The Wisconsin Court of Appeals in March affirmed a circuit court ruling that upheld the Wisconsin Labor and Industry Review Commission decision in the case involving Appleton Police Sgt. Michael Nofzinger. The appellate court ruled that the pushups were not &ldquo...