Pryor v. Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission

(Court opinion corrected 2/25/15.) Employee, a car hauler who delivers new cars to car dealerships, was preparing to begin his regular commute to his employer's premises a time of his injury. He was required to driver to Belvidere facility first, load 18-wheeler truck with cars, and then drive truck to various dealerships. Thus, when driving to Belvidere facility, he was not making brief and unnecessary stop, but was making a regular commute from his home to a fixed jobsite as a necessary precondition to any later work-related travel. Commission's finding that employee's injury did not arise out of or in course of his employment was not against manifest weight of evidence. (HOFFMAN, HUDSON, HARRIS, and STEWART, concurring.)