Barnes v. Children's Hospital

HOLLANDER, Judge.

In this workers’ compensation appeal, we shall examine the “special mission” or “special errand” rule. Joan A. Barnes, appellant, was employed by appellee Children’s Hospital (“the Hospital”), in a supervisory capacity. One Saturday, a day on which she did not normally work, Barnes was shopping with her family when she was called to work to perform a task usually handled by a subordinate who was not at work that day. Barnes planned to take her family home before proceeding to work. She also realized that she needed gasoline to make the trip to the Hospital. Consequently,…