Teacher's Injury at Basketball Practice Not Barred by Recreational Program Statute, Court Rules

A Minnesota law shielding employers from liability for injuries suffered during voluntary recreational programs applies only to programs that benefit employees, the state's Supreme Court held, ruling that a high school math teacher injured while playing basketball with students was injured in the scope of her employment. "We conclude that a voluntary employer-sponsored recreational program under Section 176.021, subdivision 9, is a program for the benefit of employees," the high court said Tuesday. Erin Lindsay was working as a math teacher at Sullivan STEAM School, a magnet sc...