Sec. 8. No compensation is allowed for an injury or death due to the employee's knowingly self-inflicted injury, his intoxication, his commission of an offense, his knowing failure to use a safety appliance, his knowing failure to obey a reasonable written or printed rule of the employer which has been posted in a conspicuous position in the place of work, or his knowing failure to perform any statutory duty. The burden of proof is on the defendant.
Ind. Code § 22-3-2-8
Qualifications; burden of proof
Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case Baker v. WESTINGHOUSE ELEC. CORP. & MONSANTO CO. (1994)
Most recently applied in Jones Ex Rel. Jones v. Pillow Express Delivery, Inc. (July 2009)
Formerly: Acts 1929, c.172, s.8
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