Free Workers Compensation Practice Questions
Minnesota Casualty exam — 88 practice questions.
Subtopics: WC purpose, Employer liability, Exclusive remedy, Excluded employments, Disability benefits, Waiting period, Notice of injury, Medical benefits, Rehabilitation, Death benefits, Compulsory coverage, Penalties, Uninsured employers, WC cancellation, Assigned risk plan, Extraterritorial coverage, Personal injury, Employers liability, Part One, Part Two, Part Three other states, Premium basis, Experience modification, Disability classifications, FELA, USL&H, Jones Act, No-fault concept, Course and scope, Occupational disease, Second injury fund, Third-party recovery, Sole proprietors and partners, Independent contractor, Self-insurance, Going and coming rule, Employers liability limits, Elective coverage, Monopolistic states, Competitive state funds, Information page, Part One limits, Part One reimbursement, Part Two types of claims, Part Two third-party-over, Part Two exclusions, Part Two limits, Part Two defense, Part Three, Part Four duties, Part Five premium, Part Six conditions, Maritime endorsements, Alternate employer, Waiver of subrogation, Federal programs, Benefit types, Premium computation, Premium discount, Dividend plans, Statutory employer, Exclusive remedy exceptions, Common law defenses, Part Two exposures, State fund and elective systems
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Sample questions & answers
1. How does Minnesota describe the basis of its workers compensation system?
A mutual renunciation of common law rights
Chapter 176 is based on a mutual renunciation of common law rights and defenses by employers and employees, and is not to be given a liberal construction favoring either side.
2. Under Minnesota law, an employer is liable for workers compensation for injuries arising out of and in the course of employment
without regard to negligence
Every employer is liable to pay compensation for personal injury or death arising out of and in the course of employment without regard to the question of negligence.
3. An employee of an uninsured Minnesota employer (not a government) is injured on the job. What option does the employee have?
Claim compensation or sue the employer
If a private employer fails to insure or self-insure, the employee may elect to claim compensation or sue for damages, and the employer loses defenses such as contributory negligence and assumption of risk.
4. Which person is excluded from Minnesota workers compensation coverage unless coverage is elected?
A sole proprietor
Chapter 176 does not apply to a sole proprietor or the proprietor's spouse, parent, and child, though owners may elect coverage for themselves.
Practice: Workers Compensation
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