Legal Opinion
William M. O'keeffe, Deputy Commissioner, United States Department of Labor v. Pan American World Airways. Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 28, 1964No. 20440PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WISDOM, Circuit Judge.
This is a “scope-of-employment” case involving an employee on Grand Turk Island in the British West Indies, 700 miles from the mainland. Discussing a similar case, Judge Chambers of the Ninth Circuit has written: “We do not think that the case is to be tested by the conventional mainland case where the truck driver departs from his authorized route for his private personal convenience.” Self v. Hanson, 9 Cir. 1962, 305 F.2d 699. We agree with the Ninth Circuit.
The appeal is from a judgment setting aside a compensation order issued by the Deputy Commissioner, Secretary of…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Aguilar v. Standard Oil Co. of NJSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- O'Leary v. Brown-Pacific-Maxon, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1951
- Cardillo v. Liberty Mutual InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Voris v. EikelSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
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3Cited by32 opinions
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- Gondeck v. Pan American World Airways, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Davila-Perez v. Lockheed Martin Corp.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2000
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