Pappas v. Sport Services, Inc.

Plaintiff, denied workmen’s compensation benefits by both the hearing referee and the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board, asks this Court to rule that he is entitled to compensation for injuries suffered in an automobile accident of August 2, 1970. We decline plaintiff’s invitation to extend an employer’s liability for travel-related injuries and we affirm the administrative decisions below.

Plaintiff was a cook employed by defendant, a concessionaire at Detroit area race tracks. When first hired as a full time employee at the Hazel Park race track, located five minutes from his house,…