[DOWNLOAD] "Santa Rosa Junior College v. Workers Compensation Appeals Board and Joanne Smyth" by Supreme Court Of California # eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Santa Rosa Junior College v. Workers Compensation Appeals Board and Joanne Smyth
- Author : Supreme Court Of California
- Release Date : January 12, 1985
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 87 KB
Description
The Workers Compensation Act (Lab. Code, ? 3201 et seq.) establishes the liability of an employer "for any injury sustained by his or her employees arising out of and in the course of the employment." Almost 70 years ago, we adopted the "going and coming rule" as an aid in determining whether an injury occurred in the course of the employment. Generally prohibiting compensation for injuries suffered by an employee while commuting to and from work, the going and coming rule has been criticized by courts and commentators alike as being arbitrary and harsh. It has generated a multitude of exceptions which threaten, at times, to defeat the rule entirely. This appeal confronts us with the question of whether one such exception should be dramatically expanded to create, in effect, a "white-collar" nullification of the rule.