Fudge v. University of Oklahoma

OPALA, Justice:

The issue presented on certiorari is whether a worker’s injury arose out of and in the course of employment. We answer in the affirmative and hold that when an employee must of necessity cross a public street in order to reach his car in the employer-provided parking lot, traffic on that street constitutes an employer-created hazard and injury suffered while crossing it in going to or coming from lunch is deemed to arise out of and in the course of employment.

Gloria Fudge [Claimant] was employed as a secretary by the University of Oklahoma at its physical plant located on the…