Clawson v. Burrow

OPINION

CHARLES D. SUSANO, JR., J.,

delivered the opinion of the Court,

in which D. MICHAEL SWINEY and JOHN W. MCCLARTY, JJ„ joined.

Rachel M. Clawson (“the Decedent”) was an employee of Summers-Taylor, Inc. (“the Employer”) when she was killed in a tragic automobile-pedestrian accident. A vehicle driven by Michael Burrow veered off Highway 91 in Carter County and struck her. She had concluded her job duties for the day and was at the rear of her personally-owned truck visiting with co-workers and talking on a cell phone. The Decedent’s truck was parked on the side of Highway 91 in an area…