Government Contractor's Fatal Car Accident En Route to Store Was Compensable Under DBA

The U.S. 1st Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a government contractor's fatal car accident while traveling to the grocery store is compensable under the Defense Base Act. Case: DiCecca v. Battelle Memorial Institute, No. 14-1742, 07/06/2015, published. Facts: Gerald DiCecca had worked as an engineer for the Battelle Memorial Institute, a government subcontractor working on a project to develop countermeasures to the threat of biological warfare. Battelle maintained its biosafety lab on the outskirts of Tbilisi, the capital city of Georgia, in a building owned by the U.S. government. ...