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A Nebraska appellate court affirmed the denial of workers’ compensation death benefits to the family of a county deputy who sustained fatal injuries in a car crash that occurred as the deputy drove his private vehicle home some five minutes after he had clocked out, but while the deputy communicated required shift-change information via cell phone to another deputy who was coming on duty. The court held that the normal going and coming rule applied, that the deputy had a fixed time and place of employment—he was required to drive to and from the courthouse each day to retrieve, and later turn in, his county-owned patrol car. The court stressed that while the shift-change communication was a part of the job, the county did not mandate that it be done via cell phone and, in fact, the county had a strong policy against use of cell phones while operating vehicles.
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See Coughlin v County of Colfax, 27 Neb. App. 41, 2019 Neb. App. LEXIS 97 (Apr. 2, 2019)
See generally Larson’s Workers’ Compensation Law, § 13.03.
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