Teacher Gets Benefits for Lunch Break Fall

The Arkansas Court of Appeals upheld an award of benefits to a teacher injured on his lunch break in a fall after grabbing food from the cafeteria. Bron Bell worked for the Mineral Springs-Saratoga School District as an agricultural instructor and facilities administrator. On Sept. 27, 2018, while on his lunch break, Bell was injured as he exited the school cafeteria. Bell had just finished teaching one of his shop classes and hurried to the cafeteria, which was in another building, to grab his lunch from his wife, who was also a teacher. His wife had prepared his lunch and placed it in a...