Dickerson v. Reeves

DICKENSON, Justice.

The question is whether an employee “deviated” from his employment by lighting a cigarette while working at his regularly assigned job. The employer, Venus Marble Company, is a partnership composed of Richard Dickerson and John Price. B. W. Reeves and Carl McGee owned the property which was damaged by the fire. The jury found that the partnership’s employee, Larry Dickerson, “was engaged in the service of Venus Marble Company and in furtherance of its business” at the time of the occurrence. The jury also found that “he was deviating” from the service of Venus Marble…