Worker's Compensation Case with Coca Cola, Modesto High School, and National Biscuit

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In the case of Kelley against the Coca Cola Company, the plaintiff was seeking compensation for the injuries that he sustained during the employee horseplay (Leagle.com, 2015). The Coca Cola Company, on the other hand, argued that Kelley had not been in the employee horseplay and, therefore, was not liable for compensation; as a result Kelley was not entitled to the workers' compensation benefits. However, the trial court passed a verdict indicating that Kelley was to be recognized in the workers' compensation benefits. Critically thinking, Kelley had been injured during the employee horseplay and, therefore, should be included in the compensation benefits. The company may argue that he had been standing on the sides when the accident happened. In light of ethics, the company should have owned up to the injuries relative to the fact that, they took place during their event. In light of the contemporary business, the company should have paid up from the start; however, in the future this issue should be addressed strategically using more elaborate laws.
In the case between Ronald Wayne Smith and his employer Modesto High School, the decedent was employed on a temporary basis as a math instructor and also coached the basketball and baseball teams. Under his contract, he was required to devote some reasonable amount of time and effort doing additional instructional duties. The teachers evaluations were carried out once a year and the teachers would be evaluated on their instructional and non-instructional duties and performance. This included their efforts in supervision of out-of-classroom activities or sponsorship (Prenhall.com, 2015). The decedent was invited to a math club picnic which he attended with his wife and three children. During the picnic the decedent tried out a windsurfer that the students had brought along for the picnic and the events led to some fatal injuries to his person, which died. Mrs. Smith filed for a claim to get worker's compensation which the judge denied but was later awarded by the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (Prenhall.com, 2015). In light of the situation leading to the death of the decedent, the Modesto High School can overturn the ruling by claiming that participating in the windsurfing activity was not part of the duties. Using the windsurfer was not a requirement for the decedent, although he was required to take part in the supervision of out-of-class activities. Events leading to his injuries and, therefore, death are not connected to his duties, which he would be evaluated for (Prenhall.com, 2015).
In the case of National Biscuit Company, Ronnell Lynch and Jerome Lange, there are some intriguing facts. Lunch was a sales person who had started off as a trainee and later given his own territory to manage. During his first two months on the territories, Nabisco received numerous complaints from the store owners stating ...