Gravette v. Visual Aids Electronics

This appeal concerns a workers’ compensation claimant who, when injured, was a “traveling employee.” The term “travel ing employee” as used in workers’ compensation cases means an employee who is required to travel away from his employer’s premises in order to perform his job. Venture-Newberg Perini Stone and Webster v. Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission, 367 Ill.Dec. 363, 981 N.E.2d 1091, 1095 (Ill.App., Fourth Dist.2012). The issue presented is whether the injury suffered by the traveling employee in this case arose out of and in the course of his employment.

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