Duncan ex rel. Hahn v. South Central Bell Telephone Co.

BROWN, Judge.

As Brenda Hahn was leaving work, she was shot and killed by her estranged husband on her employer’s parking lot. Plaintiff brought this workers’ compensation action on behalf of decedent’s three minor children. Determining that this incident arose out of a personal risk and was not employment related, the trial court initially granted summary judgment in favor of the employer. On appeal this court reversed holding that while on company property an employee is still within the course of employment for a reasonable period of time after completing her day’s work. Duncan v. South…