Case: Brown v. United Technologies / Pratt & Whitney (AC 29293) February 2009
Court: Connecticut Appellate Court
Trial Commission: Middletown
Synopsis: Employee who regularly walked around the employer’s grounds at lunchtime for exercise fell and hurt herself. Conn. Gen. Statutes § 31- 275 (16) (B) (i) provides that for the purposes of the act, ‘‘personal injury’’ or ‘‘injury’’ shall not be construed to include ‘‘[a]n injury to an employee that results from the employee’s voluntary participation in any activity the major purpose of which is social or recreational, including, but not limited to, athletic events, parties and picnics, whether or not the employer pays some or all of the cost of such activity.” Under this statute, the employee’s injury was not covered for workers comepsation because she was engaged in an act for her relaxation or enjoyment on the employer’s premises.
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