L.E. Jones Drilling Co. v. Hodge

LARRY JOPLIN, Chief Judge.

" 1 Petitioners L.E. Jones Drilling Company and the Gray Insurance Company (collectively, Employer) seek review of the trial court's order granting benefits to Respondent Dennis Hodge (Claimant) for accidental personal injuries suffered in an automobile accident. In this review proceeding, Employer asserts Claimant's injuries did not arise out of and in the course of the employment, and, accordingly, the trial court erred as a matter of fact and law in so holding.

$2 Claimant worked as a "tool pusher" supervising all activities on oil rigs to which Employer assigned…