Calloway v. State Workmen's Compensation Commissioner & Sheppards Auto Supply Co.

Miller, Justice:

The claimant, George C. Calloway, asserts that the Workmen’s Compensation Commissioner and the Appeal Board erred when they dismissed his claim as not having occurred within the course of his employment because of a substantial personal deviation from his employer’s business. Mr. Calloway sought to recover for injuries resulting from a March 27, 1976, motor vehicle accident.

Mr. Calloway was employed as an outside salesman for Sheppards Auto Supply Company which, on the day in question, had sent Mr. Calloway and a fellow employee, David Worley, to Logan County to attempt to…