Legal Opinion
Corbett v. Express Personnel
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided April 8, 1997No. 86892PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OP ALA, Justice.
We are asked to decide whether a claimant who is leaving the workplace on a personal errand may recover compensation for injuries, sustained in the employer’s parking lot, which were not occasioned by any employer-created hazards. We answer in the negative.
Paul Corbett ( Corbett or claimant ) sought compensation after driving his motorcycle into a fence surrounding his work station’s parking lot. At the time of the accident he was on the way to his bank. The trial court and the three-judge review panel denied Corbett’s claim as not arising out of his employment. The Court of…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Parks v. Norman Municipal HospitalSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1984
- Thomas v. Keith Hensel Optical LabsSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1982
- American Management Systems, Inc. v. BurnsSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1995
- R. J. Allison, Inc. v. BolingSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1943
- Stanolind Pipe Line Co. v. DavisSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1935
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3Cited by38 opinions
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- Pauls Valley Travel Center v. BoucherSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 2005
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