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Massachusetts: Supreme Judicial Court Affirms Workers’ Comp 'Going and Coming' Rule in Case Involving an Accident Following a 27-hour Shift

In a case that tested the limits of the “going and coming rule” precluding benefits for injuries suffered by employees traveling to and from work, the Supreme Judicial Court recently held that an employee who suffered injuries in an auto accident following a 27-hour shift was not entitled to receive workers’ compensation benefits from his employer.


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