Maheux v. Cove-Craft, Inc.

The exceptions in this case present the issue of whether upon the record the plaintiff’s injury could properly be found to have arisen out of and in the course of the employment. RSA 281:2 III.

*74It is undisputed that when the plaintiff was injured he was engaged in a project of his own, upon his own time, during his noon lunch hour. He was, however, on his employer’s premises, and using his employer’s machinery, electricity, and stock, in an enterprise which had never expressly been forbidden to him, but on the contrary could be found consistent with customary practice, and impliedly sanctioned…