Vermont Statutes Title 20 Sec. 209
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Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 20 Sec. 209
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
§ 209. Workers’ compensation and death benefits — Article VIII
Each party jurisdiction shall provide in accordance with its own laws for the payment of workers’ compensation and death benefits to injured members of the emergency forces of that jurisdiction and to representatives of deceased members of those forces if the members sustain injuries or are killed while rendering aid pursuant to this Compact, in the same manner and on the same terms as if the injury or death were sustained within its own jurisdiction. (Added 2003, No. 121 (Adj. Sess.), § 84, eff. June 8, 2004.)