Court Opinion

ID: 9797849
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-31 04:30:32.577464+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:59:13.950786
License: Public Domain

Judge ROY
dissenting.
I respectfully dissent.
I by no means condone the conduct or motive of the employer or its agents in this case. Nevertheless, all niceties and persuasive authorities to the contrary notwithstanding, in my view, a meeting called by an employer to discharge an employee inherently arises out of and is in the course of that employee's employment, regardless of the place of the meeting or the leave status of the employee at the time. Nothing is more inherent or inevitable in an employment relationship than its commencement and termination. Therefore, I would hold that employer's liability is limited to providing workers' compensation benefits under the statute.