Frett v. State Farm Employee Workers' Compensation

Summary

The court held that Frett’s injury, sustained when she slipped on a wet breakroom floor while preparing to eat lunch during an unpaid scheduled break, occurred both in the course of and arising out of her employment. It overruled the prior scheduled-break precedent because that precedent conflated the two statutory prerequisites and produced unworkable and inconsistent results. The court reversed the Court of Appeals and remanded for further proceedings.