The St. Paul Insurance Company of Illinois v. Donald Harris, Sr.

The issue in this case is whether, under Alabama law, an injury received by an employee while playing for an employer-sponsored basketball team arose out of and in the course of employment within the intent and meaning of Alabama’s workmen’s compensation law. Ala.Code § 25-5-1(1) and § 25-5-31 (1975). We affirm the summary judgment entered against the employee by the district court.

Donald Harris, Sr. was an environmental service employee of the Baptist Memorial Hospital of Gadsden, Inc. He worked an eight-hour shift five days a week. Harris injured his right wrist while playing on a…