Justices: No Benefits for Murdered Truck Driver's Widow

The Supreme Court of Mississippi found that the widow of a drunken truck driver kidnapped and murdered after a stop at a bar should not receive death benefits. In Total Transportation v. Shores, 2005-CT-01951-SCT, 09/19/2007, the justices found that Phillip Shores did not take a small personal indiscretion, such as eating dinner or taking a smoke break, which would have been within the course and scope of his employment. "Shores' death did not originate with his personal indiscretions, but the extended escapade he went on at Foster's Bar exposed him to risks that cannot reasonably be v...