Brousseau v. Blackstone Mills, Inc.

There are literally hundreds of cases that purport to lay down a general going-and-coming rule to the effect that injury sustained going to and from work does not arise out of and in the course of the employment. Voehl v. Indemnity Ins. Co., 288 U. S. 162; Moosebrugger v. Prospect Presbyterian Church, 12 N. J. 212; Riesenfeld, Forty Years of American Workmen’s Compensation, 35 Minn. L. Rev. 525, 544. The so-called rule has proved to be of doubtful utility and is riddled with various exceptions. “However, the rule as originally laid down was soon discovered to be an unjust one when applied in…