I slipped on ice

[sharondanberry]

What is the name of your state? MN

While picking up my paycheck, at my employers rented office, I slipped on ice in the parking lot (there was alot of it!), and broke my arm. My employer requires all employees to use a certain door and I was parked 10 feet from that door. I stepped out of my car and immediately slipped and fell. Am I solely responsible for Doctor bills and lost wages due to fractured right arm and shoulder dislocation caused by this accident?

 

[badapple40]

What is the name of your state? MN

While picking up my paycheck, at my employers rented office, I slipped on ice in the parking lot (there was alot of it!), and broke my arm. My employer requires all employees to use a certain door and I was parked 10 feet from that door. I stepped out of my car and immediately slipped and fell. Am I solely responsible for Doctor bills and lost wages due to fractured right arm and shoulder dislocation caused by this accident?

Yes -- unless you were in the course and scope of employment, whereby you may be able to collect worker's compensation.

 

[JETX]

While picking up my paycheck, at my employers rented office, I slipped on ice in the parking lot (there was alot of it!), and broke my arm. My employer requires all employees to use a certain door and I was parked 10 feet from that door. I stepped out of my car and immediately slipped and fell. Am I solely responsible for Doctor bills and lost wages due to fractured right arm and shoulder dislocation caused by this accident?

Was the temperature at, or recently, below freezing??
Had it rained or snowed at all during the preceeding days??
If yes to both the above, you knew, or should have known, of a potential ice hazard when you exited your vehicle. The employer is NOT liable.

Now, if you can show that the employer was somehow negligent in allowing the temperature to freeze or for it to rain or snow, you MIGHT have a case.