Powers v. Lady's Funeral Home

MORRIS, Chief Judge.

The sole question presented for review is whether the injury by accident sustained by plaintiff arose out of and in the course of employment. It is undisputed that plaintiff had been called from his house on the night he was injured to embalm a body. The Commission found that plaintiff’s injury occurred after he left the funeral home to return to his residence. The general rule is that injuries received by an employee while travelling to or from the work place are usually not covered by this State’s Workmen’s Compensation Act. Strickland v. King and Sellers v. King, 293…