Free Workers Compensation Practice Questions
South Dakota Casualty exam — 93 practice questions.
Subtopics: Exclusive remedy, Covered employees, Exempt employments, Covered injuries, Mental injury, Occupational disease, Waiting period, Temporary total disability, Medical benefits, Scheduled injuries, Excluded injuries, Subsequent injury fund, Self-insurance, Securing compensation, WC cancellation, Notice of injury, Disputed claims, Death benefits, 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, Second injury fund, Third-party recovery, Sole proprietors and partners, Independent contractor, Assigned risk plan, 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, Excluded employments, Statutory employer, Exclusive remedy exceptions, Uninsured employers, Common law defenses, Part Two exposures, State fund and elective systems
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Sample questions & answers
1. Under South Dakota workers compensation law, an injured employee generally may NOT sue the employer for a work injury except for:
An intentional tort
SDCL 62-3-2 makes workers compensation the exclusive remedy against the employer and its employees, officers, and directors, except rights arising from intentional tort.
2. South Dakota's workers compensation exclusive remedy protects the employer and also:
Co-employees, partners, officers, and directors
SDCL 62-3-2 excludes other remedies against the employer or any employee, partner, officer, or director of the employer, except for intentional tort.
3. Under South Dakota workers compensation law, an elected executive officer of a for-profit corporation is:
An employee of the corporation
SDCL 62-1-7 makes executive officers of corporations, other than nonprofit corporations, employees under Title 62.
4. A South Dakota business hires a person for work that is not in the usual course of the employer's trade or business. Under SDCL 62-1-3, that person is:
Not an "employee" for workers compensation
SDCL 62-1-3(1) excludes any person whose employment is not in the usual course of the employer's trade, business, occupation, or profession.
Practice: Workers Compensation
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