Supreme Court of Texas

In plaintiff's suit against an insurer for denying her claims for workers' compensation for sustaining serious injuries in a car accident, the court of appeals' reversal of the trial court's judgment in favor of the plaintiff is reversed where: 1) consistent with the historical development of the "coming and going" and "dual purpose" rules, their application in the cases, and the reasonable results they were designed to achieve, 401.011(12)(A) applies to travel to and from the place of employment, and 401.011(12)(B) applies to other dual-purpose travel; and 2) there was evidence to support the verdict that plaintiff was injured in the course and scope of employment as, besides the fact that plaintiff worked out of her home and intended to some paperwork there at night, she was also on her way from an employer-sponsored dinner with clients to an employer-provided storage facility to empty her car of business supplies, which was a work related activity.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/03/2010
• Published 12/03/2010

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• Supreme Court of Texas

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