Court Overturns Jury Award to Flight Attendant for COVID-19 Infection

The Washington Court of Appeals overturned a jury verdict finding that a flight attendant was entitled to benefits for her COVID-19 infection, since the jury had been erroneously instructed on the traveling employee doctrine in the context of an occupational disease. Lisa Azorit-Wortham worked for Alaska Airlines Inc as a flight attendant, based in Seattle. In March 2020, she worked eight flights, including trips to Seattle, Boston, Washington, D.C., and Nashville, Tennessee. Each flight had more than 250 people on board, including passengers and crew. On March 27, 2020, Azorit-Wortham lear...