Guillory v. Interstate Gas Station

JjTHIBODEAUX, Judge.

This is a workers’ compensation case presenting the issue of whether a convenience store employee workers’ compensation claim, resulting from being shot by the employee’s estranged husband as she was actively engaged in her work duties, is compensable. The trial court granted the employer’s motion for summary judgment rejecting the employee’s claim. The employee appeals. For the following reasons, we reverse.

FACTS

Employee-plaintiff, Teresa C. Guillory, was employed by Interstate Gas Station. On Saturday, July 26, 1992, Ms. Guillory was shot three times through a glass…