Chilcote v. Blass, Riddick & Chilcote

Melvin Mayfield, Chief Judge.

During the summer of 1979, the appellant, an architectural student at the University of Arkansas, was employed by the architectural-engineering firm of Blass, Riddick and Chilcote. While playing softball for a team sponsored by the firm, appellant broke his leg. He filed a claim for workers’ compensation which was denied, by a two to one decision of the commission, on the grounds that his injury did not arise out of and in the course of his employment.

Apparently, this is the first company-sponsored team injury claim to be considered by an appellate court in…