Sedgwick Claims Management Services v. Norwood

Claimant filed a workers’ compensation claim for injuries that she sustained while performing an errand for her employer. Employer denied the claim on the ground that claimant’s injuries were not compensable under ORS 656.005(7)(b)(B), which excludes from compensability injuries incurred “while engaging in or performing *'** any recreational or social activities primarily for the worker’s personal pleasure.”1 An administrative law judge (ALJ) and the Workers’ Compensation Board both concluded that ORS 656.005(7)(b)(B) did not apply and, hence, that claimant’s injuries were compensable.…