STATE, DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS v. Johns

RABINO WITZ, Justice.

The central issue in this appeal is whether the superior court correctly upheld the Alaska Workmen’s Compensation Board’s decision that appellee Johns’ injuries arose out of and in the course of his employment. We affirm.

In R. C. A. Serv. Co. v. Liggett 1 this court adopted the rule that

injuries occurring off the employer’s premises while the employee is going to or coming from work do not arise in the course of his employment.

At the same time it was recognized that:

There are of course exceptions to the rule, one of them being the ‘special er rand’ exception. But even in…