ALITALIA v. TORNILLO

No. 58, September Term, 1992.

329 Md. 40 (1993)

617 A.2d 572

ALITALIA LINEE AEREE ITALIANE ET AL. v. JOHN BURTON TORNILLO.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

January 11, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John S. Hashim, Jr. (Herbert Burgunder, Jr. and Horn & Bennett, P.A., all on brief), Baltimore, for petitioner.

Luiz R.S. Simmons, on brief, Silver Spring, for respondent.

Argued before MURPHY, C.J., and ELDRIDGE, RODOWSKY, McAULIFFE, CHASANOW, KARWACKI, and ROBERT M. BELL, JJ.


MURPHY, Chief Judge.

We granted certiorari to decide whether an injury sustained by an outside sales representative while driving home from the office arose "out of and in the course of employment" under the Workers' Compensation Act when the injured employee was required by his employer to have the car for use on the job during the work day.

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The facts of this case are few, simple, and undisputed. Since 1959, John Tornillo had worked as a passenger...

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