Fowler v. Abbott Motor Co.

Moss, Justice.

This is an appeal by the employer and carrier from an order of the Circuit Court affirming an award of the Industrial Commission in favor of the claimant, William Ralph Fowler, the respondent herein.

William Ralph Fowler was, on January 15, 1958, and for some years prior thereto, employed by Abbott Motor Company as a mechanic and service manager. It was stipulated that Fowler was on call twenty-four hours each day, and that the employer furnished him an automobile to use in answering service calls whether during regular or after regular hours. The employer paid the toll charges…