Taylor v. M. A. Gammino Construction Co.

The plaintiff, a boss carpenter with the rating of assistant superintendant, had worked on a job in East Hartford until 3 o’clock in the morning because of an emergency. He asked his boss how he was to get to his home in Hartford, and was given permission to use a pick-up truck belonging to the employer. The emergency continued, and on the following day he worked until the early morning hours. He assumed because of what happened the day before that it was agreeable to the employer that he again go home in one of the pick-up trucks. He took one, and while driving directly home, at about 4…