{"id":308,"date":"2018-01-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-01-30T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seidmanlaw-net.lawblogger.net\/blog\/injured-in-a-company-car\/"},"modified":"2022-06-29T15:38:44","modified_gmt":"2022-06-29T20:38:44","slug":"injured-in-a-company-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.seidmanlaw.net\/blog\/injured-in-a-company-car\/","title":{"rendered":"Injured in a Company Car?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"item-meta h3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seidmanlaw.net\/category\/firm-news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Firm News<\/a> | January 30, 2018<\/p>\n<p>For those who drive company vehicles, it is not always easy to know when a car accident counts as a work-related incident. If it does qualify as work-related, the employer may bear legal responsibility for the accident, even if the employee caused the accident through negligence.<\/p>\n<p>Practically speaking, this turns such accidents into workers\u2019 compensation claims. 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