LEORDEANU v. AMERICAN PROTECTION INS. CO.

No. 09-0330.

330 S.W.3d 239 (2010)

Liana LEORDEANU, Petitioner, v. AMERICAN PROTECTION INSURANCE COMPANY, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided December 3, 2010.

Rehearing Denied February 25, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bradley Dean McClellan , Law Offices of Richard Pena, P.C., Austin, TX, Wade Fisher Stewart , Law Offices of Wade F. Stewart, Houston, TX, for Liana Leordeanu.

Jack W. Latson , Robert D. Stokes , Flahive, Ogden & Latson, Austin, TX, for American Protection Insurance Co.

Elaine M. Chaney , Director of Legal Services, Austin, TX, Gary L. Kilgore , Office of Injured Employee Counsel, Associate Director of Legal Services, Austin, TX, for Amicus Curiae Office of Injured Employee Counsel.


Justice HECHT delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Chief Justice JEFFERSON, Justice WAINWRIGHT, Justice MEDINA, Justice GREEN, Justice WILLETT, Justice GUZMAN, and Justice LEHRMANN joined.

Generally, traveling home from work is not in the "course and scope of employment" as defined by the Texas Workers' Compensation Act.1 But is traveling from one workplace to another while on the way home? The court of appeals answered no.

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