Buczynski v. Industrial Commission of Utah

ORME, Judge:

Petitioner Patricia Buczynski seeks review of a final order of the Industrial Commission denying her workers’ compensation benefits for injuries sustained in a slip-and-fall accident while exiting a hotel hot tub, ostensibly in the course and scope of her employment. We affirm.

FACTS

At the time of her injury, petitioner was employed as an assistant professor of psychology at Utah State University in Logan, Utah. As part of her employment, petitioner was strongly encouraged, if not required, to present two scholarly papers annually, one of which was to be presented at a convention…