Rice Law Office Blog

Attorney Rice will be joining many of her esteemed colleagues from the New Hampshire Bar Association on March 25, 2020 to present at the Worker’s Compensation seminar to be held at the New Hampshire Bar Association in Concord, NH.

Attorney Rice will be speaking on the developing law regarding subpoenas and discovery in Worker’s Compensation cases and will also present information regarding the impact of employment issues on Worker’s Compensation claims including how employers and employees may be affected by New Hampshire’s changing laws regarding recreational and medical marijuana in the workplace.”

COVERAGE FOR INJURIES INCURRED OUTSIDE NH

Even if an employee is injured while working outside the geographic boundaries of the state of New Hampshire, he or she still may be eligible to receive Worker's Compensation benefits under our laws. 

An injured employee is entitled to Worker's Compensation benefits even if the injury takes place outside of New Hampshire If the employee can show that he or she would've been entitled to Worker's Compensation benefits had the injury taken place in this state AND that the following is true:

1)The employer is engaged in business in this state;

2) The contract of employment was made in this state; and

3) The contract of employment was not expressly for services exclusively outside of the state of New Hampshire.