Harivel v. Hall-Thompson Co.

The plaintiff (claimant) was a traveling salesman in Richmond, Virginia, and surrounding territory, and in the employment of the defendant corporation, whose place of business was in Hartford, Connecticut, upon a contract of employment providing for payment of a weekly salary, and commissions, transportation, hotel bills, etc. His employment required him to stay in hotels in Richmond and the surrounding territory, and he was accordingly staying in the Lexington Hotel in Richmond, and occupying a room on the third floor, when the hotel caught fire at night and, other avenues of escape being…