Farris v. Huston Barger Masonry, Inc.

COMBS, Justice.

In reversing the Madison Circuit Court, which had affirmed an award of the Workers’ Compensation Board, the Court of Appeals stated, “[i]n our view, there is insufficient evidence to show Farris was acting in the course of his employment when he was injured. Consequently, the Board erred in finding Farris’s injuries to be compensa-ble.”

On July 3, 1985, Terry Farris was employed by Huston Barger Masonry, Inc., as a mason tender or hod carrier. That evening he was riding as a passenger in a pickup truck owned and operated by his brother-in-law, James Terrell. Mr. Terrell was one…