An Ohio appellate court ruled that a traveling employee did not suffer an injury in the course of or arising out of his employment when he fell in a restaurant parking lot while having lunch with a colleague.
Case: Kerr v. OhioHealth Corp., No. 21AP-403, 08/04/2022, published.
Facts: Durbin W. Kerr worked for OhioHealth Corp. as a social worker in the hospice department. OhioHealth required that Kerr travel to see his patients, and his assigned geographic area was Franklin County.
Kerr drove his personal vehicle to patient visits and typically visited four or five a day. OhioHealth reimburs...
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