Court Opinion

ID: 9859592
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-24 22:06:30.420245+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T10:54:06.073316
License: Public Domain

Weinteaub, C. J.
(concurring). I agree with the result but would place it on a broader base.
Under the majority opinion, the deceased entered the course of his employment when he passed the bank, but, if the police headquarters had been between his home and the bank, his work- would not have begun until he reached the station. Thus the case turns upon the relative locations of the three places I have mentioned.
To me, the question is whether the deceased was dis^ charging a duty of his employment when the accident occurred. If an employer provides that his employee stop at his place of employment (here the bank) before entering upon his first job assignment (going to headquarters), he would not in fact be furthering his employment until he reported at his place of work. But if the employer directs the employee to achieve a specific mission before reaching the established place of work, the employee in fact is pursuing his job instructions the moment he embarks upon that *166mission, i. e., when he leaves his home to accomplish it. Hence I would hold deceased entered the course of his employment at that point.