Culpepper v. Fairfield Sapphire Valley

BECTON, Judge.

A cocktail waitress employed at a mountain resort filed this workers’ compensation claim to recover for injuries sustained *244when she tried to escape from a guest of the resort who kidnapped and sexually assaulted her. The attack occurred after the employee’s workday ended when she stopped on a resort road to assist the guest, who she assumed had car trouble. The Industrial Commission held that the employee’s injuries did not arise out of and in the course of her employment, and denied workers’ compensation benefits. We reverse.

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The result of this case, like most workers’…