Employer Not Liable for Death Benefits for Employee's Fatal Shooting

A Louisiana appellate court ruled that an employer was not liable for death benefits for the fatal shooting of an employee by her boyfriend at her workplace. Case: Hayes v. Church’s Chicken, No. 22-395, 02/01/2023, published. Facts: Fabeka Hayes worked as a manager of a Church's Chicken restaurant in New Iberia. While she was in the process of closing the restaurant on May 12, 2020, Clarence Joseph Payton entered the establishment and fatally shot her. According to local media reports of the shooting, Payton, 51, and Hayes, 31, had been dating. Procedural history: Hayes&rsqu...