ELAM v. INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA

50207.

134 Ga. App. 169 (1975)

213 S.E.2d 546

ELAM v. INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided March 5, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Graydon Shuford, for appellant.

Long, Weinberg, Ansley & Wheeler, John E. Talmadge, for appellee.


STOLZ, Judge.

"`As a general rule, a servant in going to and from his work in an automobile acts only for his own purposes and not for those of his employer, and consequently the employer is not to be held to be liable for an injury occasioned while the servant is en route to or from his work. 5 Blashfield's Cyclopedia of Automobile Law and Practice, 196, § 3041. In this connection see Elrod v. Anchor Duck Mills, 50 Ga.App. 531, 533 (179 SE 188); U...

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