Peterson v. Moran

HANSON, J. pro tem.

The question brought here for determination is whether the relation of master and servant between the parties here involved terminated instantly upon the discharge of the servant on the premises of the employer or whether the relation with respect to any injuries thereafter sustained by the servant continued until he left the premises, even though he did not proceed to leave them as quickly as he could have done. The answer, we think, depends entirely upon whether the servant’s delay in quitting the premises was unreasonably prolonged. If it was not, then the injury the…