Gas v. Edmonds

GRIFFIS, P.J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Linde Gas and Zurich American Insurance Company appeal the determination by the Mississippi Workers’ Compensation Commission that Larry Edmonds suffered a compensable, work-related injury. At issue here is whether the Commission erred in finding that Edmonds, based on an exception of the “going and coming” rule, was within the course and scope of his employment at the time of the accident; and whether the Commission erred in finding that Edmonds did not act with willful intent to cause injury to himself.

FACTS

¶ 2. Since 2007, Edmonds was employed by Linde Gas.…