Norpac Foods, Inc. v. Gilmore

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• rejecting view that injury in employer’s parking lot is per se compensable
• “In assessing the compensability of an injury, we must evaluate the work-connection of both elements', neither is dispositive.” (Emphasis added.)
• the unitary work-connection test is designed to assess the sufficiency of the relationship between a claimant’s injury and employment
• “ ‘arising out of and ‘in the course of are two elements of a single inquiry”
• “When an employee traveling to or from work sustains an injury ‘on or near’ the employer’s premises, the ‘in the course of’ portion of the work- connection test may be satisfied if the employer exercises some ‘control’ over the place where the injury is sustained.”
• “When an employee traveling to or from work sustains an injury ‘on or near’ the employer’s premises, the ‘in the course of’ portion of the work- connection test may be satisfied if the employer exercises some ‘control’ over the place where the injury is sustained.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).