Cox v. COASTAL PRODUCTS COMPANY, INC.

[¶ 14] I respectfully dissent.

[¶ 15] If Timothy Cox had asked to borrow the company track to drive to Wind-ham on a personal errand, no state would award workers’ compensation benefits for his injuries just because he had permission to drive the company truck. The result should be no different merely because immediately prior to the accident Cox had successfully and without accident completed a business delivery to a customer in the opposite direction.

[¶ 16] The hearing officer and the Court reached an opposite result by viewing the business and personal errands as one interconnected trip and…