Powell v. Jack Ingram Motors, Inc.

BRADLEY, Presiding Judge.

This is a workmen’s compensation case.

In May 1985 the employee, Allen Powell, was murdered by James Martin and Edward Monteith in the Timberlane subdivision of Montgomery, Alabama. The employee’s widow and children maintain that the murder occurred while the employee was working—specifically, while he was conducting an automobile test drive.

The employer, Jack Ingram Motors, contends the employee was not working at the time of his death. As a result, employer maintains employee’s children are not entitled to workmen’s compensation benefits. (Employee’s widow has since…