Justices: Fitness Trainer Doing Workout Was AOE/COE

The New Hampshire Supreme Court ruled that the exclusion of compensability for workplace accidents for "athletic/recreational activities" is ambiguous as it relates to a fitness trainer who works out during his normal shift. The fitness trainer in the case ruptured a bicep while doing a personal workout. The trainer was a salaried employee of the health club and he was not demonstrating the machine for a client at the time of the injury, according to the court record. When he applied for workers' compensation benefits, the Compensation Appeals Board denied his claim. The board rejected...