The Workers' Compensation Commission Division of the Illinois Appellate Court said a claimant who worked at 29 jobsites in 16 months was a traveling employee and that his injuries from a motor vehicle accident on his way to work were compensable.
Case: Mechanical Inc. v. Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission, et al., No. 23-MR-23, unpublished, 12/23/2024.
Facts and procedural history: Ricard Boyden worked for Mechanical Inc. as a plumber and pipe fitter. In May 2018, he was traveling from his home to a jobsite when he was involved in a motor vehicle accident.
Boyden was en ...
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