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Enna v. Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom, IAB Hearing No. 1243136 (May 3, 2004)
An associate attorney at a law firm who was struck by a vehicle while engaged in a mid-day walk was deemed outside the course and scope of his employment. The Board rejected the argument that the employee had a semi-fixed place of employment, and held that the walk was not reasonably related to business activity.
Garrett v. State of Delaware, Del. Super., C.A. No. 07A-04-004, Vaughn, P.J. (August 29, 2008)
Brown v. Kraft Foods, Inc., IAB No.: 1384244 (Nov. 29, 2012)
The Board finds that an injury sustained during a union meeting is not within the course and scope of employment, despite mandatory union membership.
Armstead v. Delaware Claims Processing Facility, IAB No. 1383199 (Order) (Dec. 5, 2012)
Slip and Fall in landlord's valet parking driveway is part of a tenant employer's premises for compensation purposes.
Claimant was injured while walking across a semi-circular parking apron (driveway) adjacent to a public street. Claimant slipped and fell on the asphalt of the driveway on her way into work. The driveway was owned and maintained by the owner of the building, the Employer was a tenant in that building.
Alfonso Smith v. United Water Delaware, IAB No. 1387093 (Jan. 23, 2013)
The Industrial Board finds that a Claimant's unexplained loss of consciousness while driving to a car wash was within the course and scope of his employment and not the result of an idiopathic fall.
Gondek v. Easy Money Group, C.A. No.: N13A-04-008 FSS (Del. Super. Ct. Dec. 27, 2013).
The Industrial Accident Board denied Claimant’s Petition to Determine Compensation Due, concluding that her injury occurred outside the course and scope of her employment. On appeal, the Superior Court affirmed the Board’s decision.
Minion v. Felton Mills & Atlas Van Lines, IAB Hearing No. 1421868 & 1418086 (August 4, 2015)
The Board holds that a claimant injured during an assault by a co-worker at a job site was within the course and scope of his employment.
The claimant, Phil A. Minion, filed a Petition to Determine Compensation Due, alleging that he was assaulted by a co-worker, Mr. Alan Foote, in the course and scope of his employment. The employer argued that the assault was due to personal animus and was not reasonably related to his employment.
