O'CONNELL v. State Accident Insurance Fund

In this workmen’s compensation case, claimant contends that he was in the scope and course of his employment when he suffered injuries as a result of accidentally driving his automobile into the rear of a truck at about 3 a.m. on the morning of June 29, 1972.

We agree with the conclusions of the hearing officer, Workmen’s Compensation Board and circuit court.

Claimant was an employe of a nursing home in St. Helens. He had a business purpose in going to Seaside, some 80 miles away. The date was flexible and he elected to make the trip on June 28, 1972, in order to combine business with pleasure.

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