The Illinois Appellate Court Workers’ Compensation Commission Division addressed the question of when a traveling employee’s travel actually begins. <\/p>\n
The case, Pryor v. Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission, concerned a worker who was injured while moving a suitcase into his personal car while still at his home in preparation for a work trip. The appellate court found that while there is a lower threshold of reasonableness concerning the actions of a traveling employee, in this case, the worker was not a traveling employee until he reached the premises of his employer. <\/p>\n
The claimant in the case was employed by a transport company as a truck driver, delivering new automobiles to car dealerships. His work responsibilities included loading cars onto a semitrailer at a terminal in Belvidere, Illinois, driving the truck to various dealerships and unloading the vehicles. The worker would usually drive his personal car to the terminal, and would bring a (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Illinois Appellate Court Workers’ Compensation Commission Division addressed the question of when a traveling employee’s travel actually begins. The case, Pryor v. Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission, concerned a worker who was injured while moving a suitcase into his personal…<\/span><\/p>\n