Whale Communications v. Death of Osborn

STERNBERG, Judge.

Whale Communications, d/b/a Radio Station Magic 99 (employer) contests the final order of the Industrial Claim Appeals Office (Panel) which awarded workmen’s compensation benefits for the death of Susan Lee Osborn (employee). We affirm and remand with directions.

For purposes of our review we assume that employee was killed while driving her own automobile from her office to her home, although, arguably, she could have been driving to the business of a customer of employer. The question is whether her death is compensable solely by virtue of the fact that she was required to…