City of Sherwood v. Lowe

James R. Cooper, Judge.

This is a workers’ compensation case. Officer Walter D. Lowe, Sr., who was employed by the Sherwood, Arkansas Police Department, was killed in an automobile accident on Wednesday, November 13, 1979. At the time of his death, Officer Lowe was in uniform and riding his personal motorcycle which was equipped with police blue lights. The accident occurred within the Sherwood city limits, in front of Couch’s Exxon Station. Officer Lowe was employed at the station during his off-duty hours.

The street on which the accident occurred was on a direct route from Officer Lowe’s…