Supervisor's Car Accident While Dropping Off Time Sheets Wasn't Compensable

A Texas appellate court ruled that a supervisory worker’s fatal car accident while en route to his office to drop off time sheets for his crew was not compensable. Case: Fuentes v. Texas Mutual Insurance Co., No. 04-16-00662-CV, 04/25/2018, published. Facts: Robert Estrada worked for Bryant Electric. In 2012, Bryant assigned Estrada to work on a project at Goodfellow Air Force Base in San Angelo.  Bryant paid Estrada a $75-per-week stipend in addition to his hourly wages while he worked on the project. Estrada was the foreman, which required that he track the hours worked by the...