Auto Collision on Employer's Access Road Not Compensible

A union official who collided with a co-worker while driving on an access road to his place of employment was not acting within the scope of his employment, a New Jersey appellate court ruled, clearing the way for a civil action.In Acikgoz v. New Jersey Turnpike Authority, A-1758-06T3, 1/23/2008, Yakup Acikgoz and John G. Lowden Jr. collided while driving on an overpass that was part of an access road leading to the authority’s maintenance yard in Moorestown, N.J., on May 4, 2001.Acikgoz was headed home after working the day shift. Lowden, who was vice president of the New Jersey Turnpik...