Faessler v. Turney

Employers seek review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board determining that claimant’s injury was within the course and scope of his employment and therefore compensable. We affirm.

The Board found that employers, who are claimant’s stepfather (Faessler) and mother, operate a dairy farm. In November, 1989, claimant was working full time for them as a farm laborer. Saturday was claimant’s regular day off, but he would sometimes help with farm chores when he would otherwise be off work. Employers had an unwritten policy that prohibited drinking alcoholic beverages while working;…