Miller v. International Business MacHines Corp.

Allen, CJ.

The question certified in this appeal from a decision of the Commissioner of Labor and Industry is whether a workers’ compensation claimant’s injury arose out of and in the course of employment when it occurred as a result of an automobile accident on a private road, owned by the employer and providing access to its facilities, while the claimant was leaving the employer’s premises during a lunch break. The commissioner held that it did, and we affirm.

The parties stipulated to certain facts in addition to those set forth in the certified question. Plaintiff David Miller, the…