An employee assaulted while working at home cannot collect workers' compensation because the attack did not have enough connection to her employment, Tennessee's highest court has ruled.
The unanimous decision by the Tennessee State Supreme Court upheld an appeals court finding against Kristina Wait of East Nashville, Tenn., who was brutally beaten by an acquaintance from her neighborhood.
Ms. Wait, a senior director for the American Cancer Society, had worked from home for four years. On Sept. 3, 2004, she was preparing lunch when a neighbor, Nathanial Sawyers, paid a brief visit, then returned saying he had left his keys.
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