Norpac Foods, Inc. v. Gilmore

The issue in this workers’ compensation case is whether claimant’s injury is compensable solely because it occurred in a parking lot owned and maintained by employer.

On March 4, 1991, claimant worked a full shift as a quality control grader at employer’s place of business. At the end of his shift, claimant left the plant and walked to his car, which was parked in a lot owned and maintained by employer. When claimant got to his car, he opened the door and began to enter the vehicle. As claimant was sliding into the driver’s seat of his car, he felt his right knee “grab/lock up,” which produced…