Roberts v. Department of Public Safety

BOYDSTON, Presiding Judge.

James C. Roberts (Worker) appeals judgment of Workers’ Compensation Court en banc sustaining trial court’s denial of benefits to him on the basis his injury was not one “arising out of and in the course of” his employment as an Oklahoma highway patrolman for The Department of Public Safety (Employer). Based on a review of the record, we find competent evidence to support the findings of the trial court and affirm the denial of benefits.

Worker was injured March 12,1981, when he was struck in the neck with a racquetball while playing the game at a private *1090health spa…