Davis v. Chemical Construction Co.

This is a workmen’s compensation claim by the appellant, for an injury to his foot. The commission denied the claim upon the single ground that the claimant, at the time of his injury, had completed his day’s work at the job site and therefore (we infer) was barred by the coming and going rule. The circuit court affirmed the commission.

The facts are undisputed, so that the issue is one of law. The claimant’s employer, Chemical Construction Company, was engaged in a construction job for Monsanto Chemical Company. To reach the job site upon Monsanto’s extensive premises the construction company…