A hotel worker who was shot by the friend of an angry coworker after a workplace argument is not eligible for workers' compensation benefits, because the shooting did not arise out of his employment, a Maryland appellate court ruled.In Doe v. Buccini Pollin Group, the court explained that the injury fell within the scope of the "going-and-coming rule," which bars compensation for injuries incurred while traveling to or from work. John Doe, the pseudonym given to the claimant, was working as a banquet houseman at the BWI Hilton Hotel in Linthicum, Md. He set up banquet tables with the use o...
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