Smith v. Husky Terminal Restr., Inc.

Dorothy Smith, worker’s compensation claimant, alone as staff except for one waitress in a small town highway roadside all night restaurant, was handling a storm induced customer rush and preparing for the next day as cook, dishwasher and alternate cashier.

It then happened, as she explained in trial testimony:

A. [Dorothy Smith] Just went back in there and started cooking, and then I was in the—I was in the process of doing some dishes and Edna hollered at me, so I ran back in there to see what she wanted. She just handed me an—eight tickets with about 15 orders on them, so I ran back into the…