Everett Ford Co. v. Laney

DREW, Justice.

The commission has affirmed an award of compensation for injuries to the claimant Laney in an accident suffered by her while driving her automobile.

The material uncontroverted facts are that claimant’s employment, involving bookkeeping and office work, required frequent irregular hours, for which reason she was furnished an office key. On the afternoon of the accident she was away from the office for a period of hours on a purely personal shopping mission, and had agreed to complete her work later in the day or evening. Upon returning in the late afternoon after office hours,…