[Dangerous Convention] WebCo held its annual meeting in Las Vegas for all its sales employees nationwide.The night before the convention,Eugene went to his office in New York because he left his laptop that contained his presentation materials for the convention at work.While grabbing something off the floor,he hit his head on the desk,fell,and slipped a disc in his back,which later required surgery.At the convention,Doria,the VP of Sales,tripped over a microphone cord on the way to give a speech and broke her hip.Later that evening,Bryson,a sales associate,slipped in the shower in his hotel room and broke his arm.All three employees file workers' compensation claims.
-Is Eugene likely entitled to receive workers' compensation for his back injury?

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A)To recover benefits,the injured party must demonstrate that 1)he or she is an employee,2)both employer and employee are covered by the state workers' compensation program,and 3)the injury occurred on the job.As a general rule,the accident leading to the injury must have taken place during the time and within the scope of the claimant's employment.Using the premises rule,if an employee is on company property,the courts generally find that she was on the job.
B)To recover benefits,the injured party must demonstrate that 1)he or she is an employee,2)both employer and employee are covered by the state workers' compensation program,and 3)the injury occurred on the job.As a general rule,the accident leading to the injury must have taken place during the time and within the scope of the claimant's employment.Using the premises rule,if an employee is on company property,the courts generally find that she was on the job.
C)To recover benefits,the injured party must demonstrate that 1)he or she is an employee,2)both employer and employee are covered by the state workers' compensation program,and 3)the injury occurred on the job.As a general rule,the accident leading to the injury must have taken place during the time and within the scope of the claimant's employment.Using the premises rule,if an employee is on company property,the courts generally find that she was on the job.
D)To recover benefits,the injured party must demonstrate that 1)he or she is an employee,2)both employer and employee are covered by the state workers' compensation program,and 3)the injury occurred on the job.As a general rule,the accident leading to the injury must have taken place during the time and within the scope of the claimant's employment.Using the premises rule,if an employee is on company property,the courts generally find that she was on the job.
E)To recover benefits,the injured party must demonstrate that 1)he or she is an employee,2)both employer and employee are covered by the state workers' compensation program,and 3)the injury occurred on the job.As a general rule,the accident leading to the injury must have taken place during the time and within the scope of the claimant's employment.Using the premises rule,if an employee is on company property,the courts generally find that she was on the job.

[Dangerous Convention] WebCo Held Its Annual Meeting in Las Vegas