STEPHENS BY STEPHENS v. MAXIMA CORP.


774 S.W.2d 931 (1989)

Amanda STEPHENS, by next friend Nelson I. STEPHENS and Kathleen Stephens, Her Legal Guardians, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. MAXIMA CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Knoxville.

August 7, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert W. Knolton and Christopher H. Hayes, Knoxville, for defendant-appellee.

George H. Buxton, Buxton, Layton, Webster and Wilkinson, Oak Ridge, for plaintiffs-appellants.


OPINION

FONES, Justice.

This is an appeal from the trial court's denial of Workers' Compensation benefits to the minor child of the deceased, Kathy Stephens. The trial court determined that the death of Ms. Stephens did not occur in the course of her employment with defendant, Maxima Corporation. We agree.

The deceased, Kathy Stephens, was killed in a fatal automobile accident on 7 May 1987 at approximately 4:00 a.m., one mile from her place of employment...

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