Legal Opinion
Western Airlines v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board
California Court of Appeal
Decided May 4, 1984No. A024353PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
KING, J.
In this case the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board (Board) decided that an airline flight attendant (claimant), who was raped during a 26-hour “layover” between flights, suffered injury arising out of and in the course of her employment. (Cf. Lab. Code, § 3600.) The Board made its finding upon reconsideration of an opinion of a workers’ compensation judge to the contrary. We conclude that the judge’s analysis of the case was correct, and we annul the Board’s decision.
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The few facts necessary to our decision are uncontroverted. The flight attendant (claimant) arrived in…
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