Kidwell v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board

Opinion

KING, J.

In this case we are asked to determine whether an employee’s injury, which occurred while she was practicing at home to pass one of the protocols in an annual physical fitness test given by her employer, is compensable under this state’s workers’ compensation laws. We conclude the employee’s subjective belief, that as a condition of her employment, she was requried to practice for the test, is objectively reasonable. Thus, we annul the decision of the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board (Board).

Facts and Procedural History

On March 28, 1993, petitioner employee Linda Burnett…