Barker v. Fischbach & Moore, Inc.

DONALDSON, Chief Justice.

The decedent, Edwin H. Barker, was an electrician employed by the respondent, Fischbach & Moore, Inc., and was paid $90 per week as a travel allowance for trips to the work site located about 137 miles from his home in Twin Falls and 26 miles east of Arco. During the week the decedent stayed in Arco and on the weekends returned to his residence in Twin Falls. The contract between the union and the employer provided that a maximum of $18 per day would be paid as reimbursement for travel.

On April 25, 1980, the decedent left the work site for a dentist appointment in…