Split Court Denies Benefits for Traveling Employee

A narrowly divided Mississippi Court of Appeals ruled that a traveling employee was not entitled to benefits for his alleged injuries from a car accident that happened while returning to a job site after an unauthorized midweek trip home. Willie Rambo worked for Kelly Natural Gas Pipelines LLC. In February 2020, Rambo was part of a crew with Rashad Crowell and Juwan Payton assigned to a job site in Greenwood, Mississippi. Rambo lived in Bay Springs, but during the workweek, he stayed in Greenwood in a motel room paid for by Kelly. This arrangement saved employees money on gas and travel...