D is corrent. Workers’ compensation coverage extends to all employees who are injured on the job or in the course of their employment. Coverage is extended without regard to fault, and recoverability is not precluded by negligence or gross negligence on the part of the employee, failure of the employee to follow employer’s rules, negligent or intentional act of another employee or outside party, or assumption of risk by the employee. However, recoverability is precluded by intentional self-infliction, participation in mutual altercation, or intoxication of the employee.
A is incorrect. Coverage will be extended even if injury occurred through the employee’s own negligence.
B is incorrect. An employee’s acceptance of workers’ compensation benefits does not preclude the injured from suing a third party whose negligence caused the injury.
C is incorrect. Acts of fellow employees will not preclude one’s own coverage.
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