Bill Lawley Ford v. Miller

I respectfully dissent.

The mission upon which Miller had been dispatched by his employer was to go from *1034Meeker to Grand Junction to pick up a tow truck and return it to Meeker. Based on competent evidence, the Industrial Commission found that Miller suffered his fatal accident while endeavoring to complete this mission within the scope and course of his employment. It further found that although Miller had violated an order, he had not left the sphere of his employment. On these facts, the Commission properly concluded that the injury suffered and subsequent death, occurring within the course…