Maupin v. Pulaski County Sheriff's Office

John Mauzy Pittman, Chief Judge.

The appellant in this workers’ compensation case, a sheriffs deputy in Pulaski County, was injured in a traffic accident in Perry County while commuting to work. He filed a claim for benefits that was denied by the Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission on the strength of its finding that appellant was not performing employment services when he was injured. On appeal, appellant contends that the Commission erred in determining that he was not carrying out his employer’s purpose or advancing the employer’s interests when he was injured. We do not agree, and…