Legal Opinion
Young v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board
California Court of Appeal
Decided June 25, 2014No. C075047PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
BUTZ, J.
Labor Code section 3600, subdivision (a)(9) (hereafter section 3600(a)(9)) 1 forecloses workers’ compensation coverage for an injury that arises out of “voluntary participation in any off-duty recreational, social, or athletic activity not constituting part of the employee’s work-related duties, except where these activities are a reasonable expectancy of, or are expressly or impliedly required by, the employment.”
We conclude that a county jail correctional sergeant’s off-duty injury, sustained when he was performing jumping jacks at home as part of his regular warm-up exercise…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Ezzy v. Workers' Compensation Appeals BoardCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1983
- Wilson v. Workers' Compensation Appeals BoardCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1987
- Kidwell v. Workers' Compensation Appeals BoardCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1995
- Taylor v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board & City of BerkeleyCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1988
- City of Stockton v. Workers' Compensation Appeals BoardCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2006
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Superior Court of Fresno Cnty. v. Pub. Emp't Relations Bd., California Court of Appeal, 5th District2018
- Fresno Superior Court v. PERBCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2018