Andrews v. Tektronix, Inc.

In this workers’ compensation case, employer instructed claimant to avoid heavy lifting on the job. Claimant was injured when he fell (or slipped) while carrying a heavy piece of equipment at a job site. The Workers’ Compensation Board denied compensability, concluding that claimant’s violation of his employer’s instructions placed his injury outside the course and scope of claimant’s employment. The Court of Appeals affirmed that decision, and claimant petitioned for review by this court. We allowed the petition to decide whether and when an employee’s failure to follow an employer’s…