Fenton v. SAIF Corp.

Because I disagree with the conclusion of the majority that claimant was en route to the office of her treating chiropractor when she sustained a cervical injury in a collision, I respectfully dissent.

Claimant sustained her injury in May, 1982, when she made a side trip off the public way to Dr. Rabin’s office and into a service station, to obtain gasoline for her vehicle. While she was parked in the station another vehicle backed into hers, causing the injury. Assuming’that claimant’s trip to Rabin’s office for chiropractic treatment of her compensable low back injury was equivalent to a…