Widman v. Murray Corp. of America

The defendant seeks to review by certiorari an award of the department of labor and industry. The plaintiff claims that while in the employ of the defendant he received a compensable, accidental injury that resulted in the total loss of the sight of his right eye. At the time of the accident, he was traveling on a railroad train from Salt Lake City to Chicago. He had been sent by the defendant on a business trip which took him to the west coast and back to the home office of his employer in Detroit, Michigan. His duties' required that he go from Salt Lake City to Chicago, where he had…