GATX Tank Erection Co. v. Gnewuch

In this appeal by GATX Tank Erection Company and its insurer, Travelers Indemnity Company (collectively, GATX) from an Indus*602trial Commission award of compensation to William Gnewuch, a GATX employee, the question is whether under the uncontroverted facts the accident arose out of and in the course of his employment, as required by Code § 65.1-7.1 Specifically, we must decide whether Gnewuch, who was injured off his employer’s premises while going home from work, came within one of the recognized exceptions to the general rule that an employee is not covered by the Workmen’s Compensation Act…