Driscoll v. Great Plains Marketing Co.

Employee, Duane Driscoll, appeals from an order of the circuit court denying his claim for worker’s compensation. The circuit court’s order affirmed the Deputy Director of the Division of Labor and Management, Department of Labor, who had also denied the claim after a hearing. We affirm.

Employee had been drinking beer one winter day when he had an auto accident which gave rise to his claim for worker’s compensation. As a job superintendent, employee lived in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and coordinated construction for residences in Dell Rapids, a few miles north. While returning from Dell…