Smith v. Royal Globe Ins. Co., Inc.

OPINION

HENRY, Justice.

This workmen’s compensation appeal presents the single issue of the entitlement of an injured construction worker to recover on the basis of injuries sustained while en route to his home in Knoxville from a construction site in Big Stone Gap, Virginia, some 115 miles away. The Chancellor denied the claim. We affirm.

The basic facts were stipulated and are as follows:

1. On December 8, 1974, and for some months prior thereto, the plaintiff was employed by the defendant and both were bound under the Workmen’s Compensation laws of the State of Tennessee.

2. That the business…