Williams v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board’s Empirical Analysis

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7 state decisions

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1. “[I]t has long been held that the special circumstances entitling an employee to benefits for injuries sustained during a commute must involve an act “in which the employe was engaged ... by order of the employer, express or implied, and not simply for the convenience of the employe.” Rybitski v. Lebowitz, 175 Pa.Super. 265 , 104 A.2d 161, 162 (Pa.Super.1954). Accord Setley v. Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Bd. (Kawecki Berylco Indus.), 69 Pa.Cmwlth.241, 451 A.2d 10 (Pa.Cmwlth.1982). Thus, in Lopresti v. Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Bd. (Gulf Constr. Co.), 35 Pa. Cmwlth. 7, 384 A.2d 1017 (Pa.Cmwlth. 1978), an injury sustained on the claimant’s return home was found to be within the course of employment where the employer requested the employee to call a builder from home and then report back to employer. This court held, “[t]he decedent was purposefully pursuing, during his usual and normal working hours, the performance of his obligations for the benefit and convenience of his employer.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Leisure Line v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board · MacKey v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

2. “Of course, in a general sense it is always in the employer’s interest that employees come to work, particularly if some circumstances of the job, such as its duties or location, make it unattractive. This interest, far from being a special circumstance, is a universal one.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Leisure Line v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board · MacKey v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

3. “It is beyond dispute that Kear, Peer, and Bechtel and this case all share the same material fact pattern. That is, the claimant received some additional compensation based upon the location of his job site or as a travel allowance, but was not directly compensated for his particular expense of commuting. The employers neither provided nor controlled the means of transportation... We believe that Peer and Bechtel state the correct principle of law, i.e., that where travel allowances are not directly related to the expense or distance of the employee’s commute, and where the employer does not provide or control the means of transportation used, the contract cannot be deemed to include transportation to and from work.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. National Casualty Co. v. McCleron