High Court Says Contract Didn't Take Worker's Crash Out of COE

By Sherri OkamotoLegal ReporterThe Utah Supreme Court last week ruled that a cabinet installer who was killed in a car crash while making a cross-country drive with a colleague was within the course of his employment at the time of his death.Kelly Colvin and Joseph Giguere were squarely within the "special errand" exception to the "going-and-coming" rule when they set out on their onerous trek from Maryland to Utah, the court said Friday, and so workers' compensation exclusivity barred Colvin's family from suing Giguere for having caused the wreck. In Utah, a worker's injuries...