Chavis v. TLC Home Health Care

The majority’s opinion holds Ms. Chavis’s “accident occurred in the course of her employment making her injury compensable.” Ms. Chavis was not at work or “on-duty” and was completing a personal errand when the accident occurred. Also, this single car accident occurred after Ms. Chavis “blacked out,” an idiopathic condition that was the sole cause of the accident. Ms. Chavis’s injury did not “arise out of’ her employment. I respectfully dissent.

I. Standard of Review

The standard of review of an appeal from a decision by the Commission is well-established. “In reviewing an order and award of…