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title: "Test a workers’ compensation injury against the conditions of compensation"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/test-an-injury-against-the-significant-injury-description/united-states"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A21-WR20261022-8-US"
practice_area: "Personal Injury & Compensation (workers compensation, CTP/TAC, medical negligence)"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["US"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-22"
---

# Test a workers’ compensation injury against the conditions of compensation

> From the diagnoses and the work facts the lawyer lists, set each condition of compensation in Labor Code § 3600(a) against the fact in the file that is said to meet it, or mark the fact as missing.…

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## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Personal Injury & Compensation (workers compensation, CTP/TAC, medical negligence)](https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation.md) |
| Human involvement | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| How AI is used | From the diagnoses and the work facts the lawyer lists, set each condition of compensation in Labor Code § 3600(a) against the fact in the file that is said to meet it, or mark the fact as missing. Do not decide that compensation is payable. State law governs, and the lawyer confirms the governing state. For example, California. |
| What the lawyer must review | California Labor Code § 3600(a) makes the employer liable for compensation, in lieu of any other liability except as §§ 3602, 3706, and 4558 specifically provide, without regard to negligence, for an injury arising out of and in the course of the employment when the conditions of compensation concur. Those opened conditions include service growing out of and incidental to the employment, proximate cause by the employment, and exclusions for intoxication by alcohol or the unlawful use of a controlled substance, intentional self-infliction, willfully and deliberately causing one’s own death, being the initial physical aggressor in an altercation, a convicted felony or specified crime, and voluntary off-duty recreational activity that is not a reasonable expectancy of the employment. You decide whether the conditions concur. There is no national significant-injury gateway. State law governs, and the lawyer confirms the governing state. For example, California. |
| Written for | United States |
| Applies to | [Test an injury against the significant-injury description](https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/test-an-injury-against-the-significant-injury-description.md) |

## Checking plan

- What the AI does: From the diagnoses and the work facts the lawyer lists, set each condition of compensation in Labor Code § 3600(a) against the fact in the file that is said to meet it, or mark the fact as missing. Do not decide that compensation is payable. State law governs, and the lawyer confirms the governing state. For example, California.
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 22 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Notes

- Paragraph (a)(10) limits some claims filed after notice of termination or layoff and points psychiatric injuries to § 3208.3(e). That psychiatric section was not opened.
- ABA Formal Opinion 512: verify generated classifications against the statute before you rely on them.
- State law governs; confirm the governing state before relying on this.

## Sources

- [California Labor Code § 3600, liability for compensation](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=LAB&sectionNum=3600.) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [ABA Formal Opinion 512, Generative Artificial Intelligence Tools (29 July 2024)](https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/administrative/professional_responsibility/ethics-opinions/aba-formal-opinion-512.pdf) (checked 2026-10-22)

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*