Searcy v. Shoney's Restaurant

|, CARAWAY, J.,

dissenting.

I respectfully dissent.

The nightlife excursions of the Shoney’s employees can easily be recognized as outside the coverage of worker’s compensation. Nevertheless, in this case, Plaintiff was not injured while on the dance floor, and even the majority acknowledges that upon beginning the return trip to Monroe, the two employees had ended their personal deviation and had again re-entered the course of their employment. That course of employment for these salaried managers, with wide discretion, had led them to drive to Baton Rouge from Monroe on the morning of April 2.…