Skydiving showed worth of person more than other activity

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Debbie was the president and CEO of RST Corporation. Debbie was also a skydiving enthusiast. She often stated that skydiving showed the worth of a person more than any other activity. On weekends, Debbie and a group of RST executives would go skydiving. Mark was a junior executive who applied for an open position as Vice President of Marketing. Prior to his interview, Debbie asked Mark to go skydiving with her group on Saturday. Mark did not want to go, but thought that he had to go if he wanted the new position. Mark jumped and was killed when his parachute failed to open. Beth, Mark's wife, sued to collect worker's compensation for his death. What result and why?

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