Kohlmayer v. Keller

I do not agree that the answers given by the jury to the special interrogatories require or permit the conclusion as a matter of law that plaintiff’s *14injury was “received in the course of, and arising out of, the injured employee’s employment” within the purview of R. C. 4123.01(C).

Absent some compulsion or direction to attend the company picnic, either express or implied, I cannot construe the voluntary attendance by an employee at a picnic at the employer’s home, during off-duty hours and where no company business is involved, as being within the ambit of “the contract of hire, express or…