United States Ninth Circuit
KALAMA SERVS., INC. v. DIR., OFFICE OF WORKERS COMP. PROGRAMS, 02-72578
The Benefits Review Board did not err in ruling that injuries suffered by an off-duty employee during foreseeable horseplay in a bar on Johnston Atoll arose out of a "zone of special danger" created by the isolation of the island and the limited recreational opportunities available there.
Appellate Information
- Decided 01/15/2004
- Published 01/15/2004
Judges
- SILVERMAN, Circuit Judge:, Before TASHIMA, THOMAS, and SILVERMAN, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Ninth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Keith L. Flicker and Kenneth M. Simon, Flicker, Garelick & Associates, New York, NY, for the petitioners.
- For Appellees:
- Jay Lawrence Friedheim, Admiralty Advocates, Honolulu, Hawaii, for the respondent.