Dean v. Chrysler Corp.

The issue presented is whether an employee who suffers a compensable, on-the-job injury and subsequently is injured in a vehicular accident while en route to seek medical *670treatment for that prior compensable injury, may receive compensation for the injuries arising out of the vehicular accident.

I believe that Rucker v Michigan Smelting & Refining Co, 300 Mich 668; 2 NW2d 808 (1942), no longer expresses the present state of the law in this area. I would, therefore, reverse the decision of the Court of Appeals and hold that injuries "arise[] out of and in the course of employment” when they are…