The New Hampshire Supreme Court awarded benefits to a tree company employee for his injuries in a car accident as he was traveling home after being released early from his shift because of an approaching storm.
Case: In re Appeal of Hawes, No. 2021-0187, 06/03/2020, published.
Facts: Elba Hawes worked for Asplundh Tree Expert LLC as a “ground man.” In November 2019, Hawes and his co-workers were at a job site that was 10-15 minutes away from a sandpit in Conway, where they punched in and punched out.
On the morning of Nov. 1, 2019, Hawes reported for his regular 7 a.m. to 4 p.m....
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