Employment: Course and Scope: Premises Rule

MONTANA SUPREME COURT DECISIONS

MONTANA WORKERS' COMPENSATION COURT DECISIONS

Popenoe v. Liberty Northwest [12/01/06] 2006 MTWCC 37 Where Petitioner was in his employer's parking lot approximately five minutes before the start of his shift and was removing his bicycle from the back of his friend's pick-up truck when he fell, the fact that Respondent had no control over how Petitioner traveled to and from work is irrelevant as he had arrived on his employer's premises.

Popenoe v. Liberty Northwest [12/01/06] 2006 MTWCC 37 Petitioner was in his employer's parking lot approximately five minutes before the start of his shift and was removing his bicycle from the back of his friend's pick-up truck when he fell. It is of no importance that his employer did not direct where and how he was to unload his bicycle; he was on the premises used in connection with his actual place of work and was well within the premises rule exception to the going and coming rule.