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Strother v. Morrison Cafeteria Case Brief
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Case Brief Summary & Legal Analysis
tl;dr: A cashier was assaulted at her home after work by robbers who had targeted her at the cafeteria where she worked. The court held her injury was compensable because the events leading to the assault originated at her workplace, satisfying the ‘in the course of employment’ requirement.
Legal Significance: This case establishes that an injury occurring outside the time and space of employment is compensable if the causative factors originated entirely within the course of employment, adopting a flexible ‘work-connectedness’ test over a rigid time-and-place rule.
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Case Facts & Court Holding
Key Facts & Case Background
The claimant, Blanche Strother, was a cashier at Morrison Cafeteria. Her duties included handling cash payments until closing. On two occasions, she had driven the manager to the bank to deposit the day’s receipts. In the two days leading up to the incident, Strother observed two men loitering in the cafeteria. On the evening of the assault, she saw the same two men again. After her shift ended, she drove directly home, a fifteen to twenty-minute trip. Upon arriving, she was assaulted by one of the men she had seen at the cafeteria. The assailant stole her purse, demanding ‘the money or deposits.’ The judge of industrial claims found that the assailants had followed her from work, believing she was carrying the cafeteria’s money, and that her employment exposed her to this specific risk. The Industrial Relations Commission reversed, finding the injury did not occur ‘in the course of employment’ because it happened at her home after work hours.
Court Holding & Legal Precedent
Issue: Is an employee’s injury compensable under the workers’ compensation act when it occurs outside the time and space limits of employment but results from a chain of events that originated entirely at the workplace during work hours?
Yes. The claimant’s injury is compensable. The court held that although the Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum do
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Legal Issue
Is an employee’s injury compensable under the workers’ compensation act when it occurs outside the time and space limits of employment but results from a chain of events that originated entirely at the workplace during work hours?
Conclusion
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Legal Rule
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Legal Analysis
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- An off-premises injury is compensable if it arises out of employment