Chambo v. City of Detroit

Defendant appeals from a Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (WCAB) decision affirming an award of compensation to plaintiff by the administrative law judge. This case is submitted on a stipulation of facts.

On May 7, 1969, Norman Chambo, a full-time police officer, was in uniform in his own vehicle on the most direct route from his home in Detroit to his duty station also in Detroit. The route took him through part of the City of Dearborn. At about 3:50 p.m., he was involved in an accident in Dearborn. He incurred injuries which forced him off work until September 7, 1969, when he returned to…