Claim of Mahar v. Hills Baking Co.

Memorandum by the Court. Appeal by claimant from a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Board disallowing his claim for compensation benefits on the ground that hie injury did not arise out of and in the course of employment. Claimant, a bakery foreman whose usual eight-hour workday at the plant began at 2:00 P.M., was injured in an early morning motor vehicle collision while en route from his home to his place of employment in his own automobile. It is the general rule that the risks of such travel are not risks of employment. (Matter of De Voe v. New York State Rys., 218 N. Y. 318.) The…