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SMITH v. ROYAL GLOBE INS. CO., INC.

551 S.W.2d 679 (1977)

Thomas J. SMITH, Appellant, v. ROYAL GLOBE INSURANCE COMPANY, INC., et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

May 31, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Calvin H. Walter, Walter, Gilbertson & Claiborne, Thomas Marshall Cole, Knoxville, for appellant.

F. Graham Bartlett, McCampbell, Young, Bartlett & Hollow, Knoxville, for appellees.

OPINION

HENRY, Justice.

This workmen's compensation appeal presents the single issue of the entitlement of an injured construction worker to recover on the basis of injuries sustained while en route to his home in Knoxville from a construction site in Big Stone Gap, Virginia, some 115 miles away. The Chancellor denied the claim. We affirm.

The basic facts were stipulated and are as follows:

1. On December 8, 1974, and for some months prior...

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