SCOV Law

What do the lines mean anyway? By Andy Delaney Three things from this week's decision on workers' compensation in Vermont: (1) coverage is broad; (2) it's remedial in nature; and-or-but (3) coverage is not without limits.  As will happen often enough in Vermont, Mr. Burnett worked on both sides of "the river." He was hired in New Hampshire at his employer's New Hampshire facility. One fateful day, he left New Hampshire in a company vehicle with Vermont plates. In Vermont, he did some work at a job site. He went back to New Hampshire to make some gutter blocks for a Vermont job. He injured himself accidentally while making the gutter blocks for the Vermont job.  So, Mr. Burnett filed a claim with employer's Vermont workers' comp carrier. The carrier denied the claim. Mr. Burnett appealed the denial to the Vermont Department of Labor, arguing that the expansive definition of "employment in this state" covered him. Both Mr. Burnett and employer