Please read the following scenario and respond to the subsequent question below.
A flight attendant had made her last flight of the day and proceeded with other flight crew members to a hotel. Her next scheduled flight was early the next morning. On the way back from a restaurant the crew had visited near the hotel, the flight attendant fell on a slushy sidewalk and injured her knees and wrists. The sidewalk was public property and the location of the fall was about thirty feet from the entrance to the hotel. The flight attendant missed five weeks of work due to her injuries. The airline she worked for booked and paid for employees’ hotel accommodations. When off duty but traveling as part of their job, flight attendants at this airline are paid an hourly amount, much lower than their normal rate of pay during flights, to cover expenses such as food. Osten v. Bureau of Workers’ Comp., 2017-Ohio-9315 (2d App. Dist.).
Question: Should the flight attendant’s injuries be covered under workers’ compensations? Why or why not?
