Court Opinion

ID: 9575462
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 21:13:59.780232+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:48:12.791717
License: Public Domain

JUSTICE STEPHENSON, with whom JUSTICE WHITING
joins, dissenting.
It is undisputed that the plaintiff, after completing her work, “decided to do some shopping for her mother . . . [and] had been shopping in the store for approximately fifteen minutes” when she was injured. I do not agree that the plaintiff’s shopping activities constituted “a relatively brief deviation from a direct departure.” Instead, I conclude that she had assumed the status of a business invitee.
I am of opinion, therefore, that the plaintiff’s injury did not arise out of and in the course of her employment. Consequently, I would hold that the trial court erred in ruling that the plaintiff’s exclusive remedy was under the Workers’ Compensation Act.