Barkley v. State Workmen's Compensation Commissioner

Caplan, Justice:

In this appeal from a final order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board, the claimant, Ruth Madeline Barkley, challenges the Appeal Board’s decision affirming an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Commission denying her compensation on the ground she was not injured in the course of her employment.

Until the early part of May 1977 the claimant worked as an office manager for Reserve Life Inc., an insurance company. That status ended on May 31, 1977 and the claimant was to begin work in June as a detached soliciting agent. It was on June 6, while traveling in her car from…