Court Opinion

ID: 9454193
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-04 18:38:55.133451+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:34:00.520539
License: Public Domain

WILBUR K. MILLER, Senior Circuit Judge
(dissenting):
I think the “hazard” — that Van Devander might fall asleep as he drove his car after work — was not incident to his employer’s business. The majority suggest the latter might easily have protected against that hazard by getting a taxi for Van Devander, by providing him *1111with an alert driver, or giving him time to rest.
It does not appear that the appellant asked for any of these protections or that he indicated he was in need of help.. He alone knew how tired and sleepy he was; so I think when he undertook to drive his car home, he was engaged in his own venture and assumed the risk that he might fall asleep. To hold the employer responsible for his mishap seems to me to be improper. I would affirm.