Premises Line Rule Brings Worker's Accident Within Ambit of Comp System

A California appellate court ruled that a state university employee could not pursue a civil suit against her employer for injuries from falling from her bicycle as she was headed home from work after finding her injuries were sustained in the course and scope of employment. Because Rose Jones was injured on campus just after she left her workstation, the court said the premises line rule brings her injuries within the workers' compensation scheme. Rose worked for the Regents of the University of California as the director of scholarship opportunities at the University of California, I...