Crossett School District v. Fulton

Terry Crabtree, Judge.

Appellant Crossett School District appeals the decision of the Workers’ Compensation Commission affirming the administrative law judge’s decision allowing benefits for appellee Virginia Fulton for an injury she received while at work. The Commission found that appellee was engaged in a primary duty of her employment when she fell in the parking lot while retrieving her reading glasses. Appellant asserts that retrieving her glasses was not an employment service according to Ark. Code Ann. § ll-9-102(5)(B)(iii) (Repl. 1996) and that benefits should be denied. We affirm.

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