Bailey v. Industrial Commission

STEVENS, Chief Judge.

This opinion relates to a claim for industrial compensation arising out of an automobile accident which occurred in Arizona while the employee was engaged in interstate travel between job locations. Compensation was denied based upon an asserted abandonment of employment due to a material deviation from a reasonably direct route of travel.

The petitioner Ercell Bailey is a resident of Indiana. The respondent Gardner Construction Company, Inc., is Bailey’s employer and has its headquarters in Indiana. The respondent, The Travelers Insurance Company, is a private carrier…