Oregon Supreme Court· 8/7/1997

Fred Meyer, Inc. v. Hayes

Citations

943 P.2d 197
325 Or. 592
1997 Ore. LEXIS 76

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“The work-connection test may be satisfied if the factors supporting one prong of the statutory test are minimal while the factors supporting the other prong are many.”
“Both prongs of the work-connection test must be satisfied to some degree; neither is dispositive.”
the claimant’s work environment — where employer forced her to park in a dimly lit portion of employer’s parking lot — exposed her to the risk of assault
An injury occurs “in the course of’ employment if it takes place “while the worker reasonably is fulfilling the duties of the employment or is doing something reasonably incidental to it.”
when risk is neu- tral, “arising out of” requirement is satisfied “if the risk of injury results from the nature of his or her work or when it originates from some risk to which the work environment exposes the worker”
“[A] worker’s injury is deemed to ‘arise out of’ employment if the risk of the injury results from the nature of his or her work or when it originates from some risk to which the work environment exposes the worker.”

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Judges: Hoomissen, Van Hoomissen, Gillette, Graber, Carson

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