Firkus v. Murphy

Pee Curiam.

On certiorari to the Workers’ Compensation Board relator, the widow of Alexander T. Firkus, challenges the finding of the commission that her husband was not at the time of his death acting as an employee of James J. Murphy. We affirm.

Murphy, an independent timber logger who was engaged in a rush logging project, became stalled in the woods on March 28,1972, when his automobile malfunctioned. He walked several miles from the woods to a forest ranger station where his wife and decedent Firkus found him. Firkus gave him a ride home. Early the next morning, Firkus, Murphy’s…