Hallisey v. Fort Howard Paper Co.

Thompson, Justice.

This workers’ compensation case addresses the issue of whether an employee, who is injured on the job, is entitled to disability bene*58fits if he negligently aggravates his injury outside of the workplace.

James Hallisey suffered an injury to his lower back while in the scope of his employment. He reported the incident to his supervisor, returned to his work station and completed his shift. The following day, Hallisey worked a full shift.

Hallisey was not scheduled to work the next two days. On his first day off, Hallisey rested, took aspirin and applied a heating pad to his…