Roberts v. Stell

HENDERSON, Justice.

ACTION

This is a worker’s compensation case involving an employee’s fall on the employer’s outside premises. Compensation was denied. An appeal has been filed from the circuits court’s Order affirming the Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law, and Order of the Division of Labor and Management, Department of Labor. We affirm.

FACTS

Dorothy Roberts (claimant-appellant) was employed as a motel resident manager by Kermit Stell, d/b/a Best Western Motor Inn (employer-appellee) in Deadwood, South Dakota. Claimant lived in an apartment with her husband located on the motel premises…