Hohlt v. University of Minnesota

OPINION

LILLEHAUG, Justice.

Respondent Josephine Hohlt slipped and fell on an icy sidewalk when walking from her workplace to a parking ramp owned and operated by her employer, the University of Minnesota. Hohlt filed a claim for workers’ compensation benefits. The compensation judge denied Hohlt’s claim on the ground that her injury did not arise out of her employment. Hohlt appealed to the Workers’ Compensation Court of Appeals (WCCA), which reversed the compensation judge on the “arising out of’ issue and further held that the injury was “in the course of’ employment. Because the WCCA was…