Cengage Advantage Books: Business Law 9th Edition by Arnold Goldman ,William Sigismond

Exercise 4

Peterson stayed overnight at a rooming house while on business for his employer. He died from suffocation when his head became caught between two metal slats in the bed's headboard. His spouse brought a claim for workers' compensation, but the claim was denied on the grounds that his death did not arise out of and in the course of employment. Should the claim be denied? (Peterson v. Industrial Commission, Ariz. 490 P.2d 870)