A business traveler's car accident while on his way to have dinner with his son was not within the course and scope of his employment, a Texas appellate court ruled.
Case: Pinkus v. Hartford Casualty Insurance Co., No. 05-14-00892-CV, 11/05/2015, published.
Facts: Ron Pinkus worked as a "product development team leader" for JVL Ventures. The company sent him on a three-day business trip to Dallas in January 2012.
JVL paid for his transportation, meals and lodging expenses.
Pinkus stayed at the Westin Galleria Hotel in Dallas and worked in an office in the Galleria Tower ...
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