Azorit-Wortham v. Department of Labor & Industries
Nov 06, 2025OUTCOME: The Supreme Court agreed with our position that the traveling employee doctrine applies to occupational disease claims. This was a case of first impression. In the past, the traveling employee doctrine had only been applied in industrial injury claims.
Ms. Azorit-Wortham was a flight attendant who had to continue working during the COVID pandemic. During her time traveling for work, she contracted COVID-19. The question in the case was whether Ms. ... Azorit-Wortham would only be covered if she contracted COVID-19 on one of her work flights or whether she would be covered if she contracted it while traveling for work, outside of her actual working hours.
