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Case Name Lewis v. WCAB
Date 11/26/1975
Note Going and coming rule does not bar recovery where employee is walking from employer's parking lot to office.
Citation 15 Cal. 3d 559
WCC Citation WCC 30571975 CA
SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA S. F. No. 23258 November 26, 1975 GRAYCE RUTH LEWIS, PETITIONER, v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD AND COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO, RESPONDENTS Bell & Sandberg, Daniel H. Sandberg and John F. Gisla for Petitioner. At the time of the accident claimant, Grayce Ruth Lewis, and her husband worked for different agencies of the County of Sacramento. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis customarily drove to work together in the family car and parked at a lot leased by the county for the exclusive use of its employees. *fn1 Mr. Lewis had purchased a parking permit from the county which entitled him to park in this lot; for this privilege the county deducted a monthly fee from his salary. Crossing an intersection about one block from her office she slipped and fell, sustaining the injuries which give rise to her compensation claim.

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