No Benefits for Widow Whose Husband Died on Work Commute

A Louisiana appellate court upheld the denial of benefits to the widow of a worker killed in a traffic accident while he was coming home from a training meeting. Case: Bowman v. B.B. Rayburn Correctional Center, No. 2024 CA 1288, 07/11/2025, published. Facts: Beau Bowman worked for the B.B. Rayburn Correctional Center. He was killed in a traffic accident on his way home from an August 2023 training meeting. Procedural history: Bowman’s widow filed a claim for death benefits. A workers’ compensation judge denied her claim. Analysis: The Court of Appeal for the 1st Circuit of Lou...