THOMAS v. KEITH HENSEL OPTICAL LABS

No. 57438.

653 P.2d 201 (1982)

Henry THOMAS, Appellant, v. KEITH HENSEL OPTICAL LABS, Casualty Reciprocal Exchange, and the Workers' Compensation Court, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

October 12, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jim Grennan, Grennan, Faulkner & Koenig, Oklahoma City, for appellant.

Bruce V. Winston, Stewart & Elder, Oklahoma City, for appellees.


OPALA, Justice:

The issue presented on certiorari is whether every injury that occurs on an employer-provided parking lot while a claimant is going to or coming from work does, as a matter of law, arise out of and in the course of employment. We answer in the negative.

Henry Thomas [Claimant] was employed as a lens grinder by Hensel Optical Labs [Employer]. On the morning of the accident the claimant's supervisor...

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