Olivia Works as an Advertising Executive for a Large Public

Olivia works as an advertising executive for a large public relations firm in New York.Her boss gives her tickets to attend a formal event in Washington
D.C. at which many of the firm's clients will be in attendance. He expects her to represent the firm and generally solidify client relations by her attendance. While mingling with the attendees, she slips on a spilled drink and is severely injured in the fall. If Olivia files for workers' compensation, will she be eligible for benefits?
Yes, Olivia will be entitled to workers' compensation benefits. Eligibility is based on whether the injury resulted from an accident and whether she was hurt in the course of her employment. Certainly, slipping on a spilled drink is accidental. Although she was not in her New York office and perhaps indirectly performing ad exec related duties, she was in attendance at the formal affair at the direction of her employer and she was performing company related good will tasks. Courts will determine her to be acting in the course of her employment when injured and award her workers' compensation benefits.