Opinion ID: 2585508
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Heading Rank: 4

Heading: the employer-provided transportation exception

Text: ¶ 17 The other exception cited by the Ahlstroms in support of their claim against the City is what they term the employer-provided transportation exception, which also has its roots in worker's compensation cases. Under this exception, employers have been liable for injuries to their employees when they have required their employees to use the employer's vehicle. See State Tax Comm'n, 685 P.2d at 1053 (citing Kinne v. Indus. Comm'n of Utah, 609 P.2d 926 (Utah 1980) and Bailey v. Indus. Comm'n of Utah, 16 Utah 2d 208, 398 P.2d 545 (1965)). Under the facts before us, Ross voluntarily participated in an optional program that permitted her, for a fee, to commute in a car owned by her employer. She was not required to use her employer's car for her commute home. Even assuming Ross was required by the City to use her police vehicle in this instance, the so called employer provided transportation exemption to the coming and going rule would only address injuries to Ross, not injuries alleged to have been caused by her.