Sonnier v. Travelers Insurance Co.

The trial court determined in a well-considered opinion that the present employee’s trip when transferred from Arkansas to Louisiana was in the course and scope of employment. The majority reverses. I respectfully dissent.

My dissent will not be primarily grounded on the majority’s rejection of testimony accepted by the trier of fact. This was to the effect that the employer had paid the gasoline expenses of the trip and that the employee was proceeding home as a result of an express agreement to furnish transportation. (If so, as the majority concedes, the employee is undoubtedly protected by…