Legal Opinion
Kalama Services, Inc Cigna Property and Casualty Insurance Company v. Director, Office of Workers Compensation Programs
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 15, 2004No. 02-72578PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SILVERMAN, Circuit Judge:
We hold today that the Benefits Review Board did not err in ruling that injuries suffered by an off-duty employee during foreseeable horseplay in a bar on Johnston Atoll arose out of a “zone of special danger” created by the isolation of the island and the limited recreational opportunities available there.
Facts and Procedural History
Johnston Atoll is a United States possession, located about 700 miles west-southwest of Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean. 1 It is only two miles long and one-half mile wide. The United States military uses the atoll to store and dispose of…
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