On a day off from work, an employee visited the store at which she was employed to sign a sympathy card for a coworker. While talking with coworkers at the back of the store, a shelf gave way and began to fall over. The employee grabbed the shelf to stop

1. The court should decide that the employee is entitled to sue her employer for negligence. 2. While Worker's Compensation is typically the exclusive remedy for employees who are injured while on the job, this case is different because the employee was not technically working at the time of her injury. She was visiting the store on a day off and only happened to be there to sign a sympathy card. Therefore, the employer's argument that Worker's Compensation is the exclusive remedy does not apply in this situation. Additionally, the employer was negligent in improperly bracing the shelf, which directly led to the employee's injury. As such, the employee should be allowed to sue the employer for negligence.