Thomas v. Certified Refrigeration, Inc
Michigan Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
*626Williams, J.
The issue in this case is whether an employee, allowed to garage a company vehicle at his home overnight, seriously injured on his way to work during a detour to deliver his daughter to school, suffered an injury that "arose out of’ and "in the course of’ his employment. In deciding this issue the following three questions must be resolved:
1) Is Conklin v Industrial Transport, Inc, 312 Mich 250; 20 NW2d 179 (1945), which held that even a slight deviation to carry out a personal mission would preclude compensation, still good law?
2) Is injury compensable which occurs off the…
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