Potts v. B & B TOOL, INC.

REIF, Judge.

Claimant seeks review of the majority order by the three-judge panel that affirmed the trial court’s determination that “claimant did not sustain an accidental personal injury arising out of and in the course of claimant’s employment.” For the reasons that follow, we agree with the conclusion of the dissenting judge on the three-judge panel that “the claimant was performing a job which benefited his employer [at the time of his injury] and the claim is compensable.”

It is undisputed that claimant worked on a drilling rig and was injured while helping the employees of the well owner…