Village of Butler v. Industrial Commission

We have here presented a situation where the employee went to the scene of an accident some half-mile distant from the village limits, contrary to the instructions given him at the time of his hiring which confined his official duties to the limits of the village, except in cases of “hot pursuit.” It is the contention of appellants that such deviation took him without the scope of his employment so as to remove him and his dependents from the protection of the Workmen’s Compensation Act at the time and place of injury.

It should be pointed out that our statute does not require that the injury…