Harris v. William J. Burns International Detective Agency, Inc.

SHEPARD, Justice.

This appeal arises from an order of the Industrial Accident Board denying benefits to the claimant on the grounds that he had not suffered a personal injury by accident arising out of and in the course of his employment.

Employer William Burns Detective Agency (hereinafter Burns) maintained security force guards in connection with certain dam construction being then undertaken by Morrison-Knudsen Company. A security guard station was maintained by Burns on a road approximately ten miles from the actual dam construction in an area owned by Morrison-Knudsen Company. At that…