An employee intentionally attacked on the job for personal reasons is not eligible to receive workers’ compensation benefits, the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled. In Deangelo Profit v. HRT Holdings, released March 29, the court decided that even though the assailant was mentally ill, the Workers’ Compensation Court of Appeals (WCCA) correctly decided that Deangelo Profit was ineligible for benefits.
Profit was employed by DoubleTree Suites and was cleaning a hotel room the day that he was attacked. His attacker, identified by the surname Richards, was an acquaintance. Richards incorrectly believed that Profit killed his uncle when the uncle actually died from a heart ailment. He tracked Profit down at the hotel and attacked him with a military-style entrenching tool. Profit suffered serious injuries from the attack.
Richards was charged with first- and second-degree assault. After a court-ordered Rule 20 evaluation, a doctor determined that Richards had symptomatic schizoaffective disorder and was not competent. The doctor also suggested that Richards was unaware of the nature of his actions when he attacked Profit.
Subsequently, Profit filed a claim petition for workers’ compensation benefits. However, the compensation judge denied the claim, finding that Richards was attacked solely for personal reasons, which barred the workers’ compensation claim. On appeal, the WCCA determined that, even though Richards was...
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