Haslam's Case

We transferred this case from the Appeals Court on our own motion to decide whether injuries sustained by Michael Haslam (employee) in a one-car accident while he was driving home after working for twenty-seven hours without sleep are compensable under the workers’ compensation act, G. L. c. 152, § 26.1 In Chernick’s Case, 286 Mass. 168, 172 (1934), this court held that compensation for an injury arising out of and in the course of employment “does not extend to cover employees going to and coming from their work,” col*102loquially referred to as the “going and coming” rule. See Wormstead v. Town…