The Arizona Court of Appeals ruled that a worker injured in a fistfight with a potential customer was entitled to benefits, even though he was a willing participant and forewent an opportunity to walk away.
Case: Jackson v. Industrial Commission, No. 1 CA-IC 20-0013, 05/06/2021, unpublished.
Facts: Oyt Jackson worked for First Transit as a bus driver. In January 2019, he pulled up to a bus stop in Tempe where Kevin Morgan was sitting with a backpack.
Jackson did not open the door. Morgan waited. The doors remained closed while Jackson attended to work-related tasks, including pape...
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