Mouton v. Fidelity & Casualty Co. of New York

SWIFT, Judge.

This is a workmen’s compensation suit in which the district court denied benefits, finding that the plaintiff, Deloris W. Mouton, was not in the course and scope of her employment at the time of her accident. We affirm.

*843The trial judge made the following findings of fact and conclusion of law which we approve and hereby adopt as our own:

“The Court finds, as a fact, that the accident in which the plaintiff was injured occurred some approximately 15 minutes prior to her work time, while she was en route to work. Plaintiff was a guest passenger in an automobile being driven by a…