Torres v. Industrial Commission

OPINION

JACOBSON, Chief Judge.

The sole issue raised by this review of an award of the Industrial Commission for a noncompensable claim in five consolidated cases is whether five workers injured while going to work in their own transportation were nevertheless in the course and scope of their employment because they were excluded from transportation supplied by the employer.

The claimants in this case were all employed as farm workers by Bruce Church, Inc., and all resided in the area of San Luis, Arizona/Mexico. At the time pertinent here, the claimants were working at a location known as Gila…