Ivy H. Smith Co. v. Wingo

THOMPSON, Judge.

The appellants challenge a workers’ compensation Order, contending that the claimant’s injury did not arise out of his employment. We agree and reverse.

In March 1980, the claimant was employed by the appellant Ivy H. Smith Company (“the Company”). The claimant, along with two other employees, lived in Ocala but worked on a construction site in Brevard County. He would drive himself and his two coemployees to the job site, leaving Ocala on Monday morning and returning there on Friday night. The company did not provide any compensation for the costs of this travel.

The claimant…