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going and coming rule in Kansas

15 Kansas opinions name it 2 courts 1995–2020 0 in the last five years

The cases below were cited by Kansas courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.

Followed or applied (13)

CaseFollowedCited
Thompson v. Law Offices of Alan Josephgreen
kan · 1994 · cited in 3 Kansas opinions naming this issue, 1997–2005
2 sentences

2005The rationale for the going and coming rule was explained in Thompson v. Law Offices of Alan Joseph, 256 Kan. 36, 46 , 883 P.2d 768 (1994): “[W]hile on the way to or from work the employee is subjected only to the same risks or hazards as those to which the general public is subjected.

2005The rationale for the going and coming rule was explained in Thompson v. Law Offices of Alan Joseph, 256 Kan. 36, 46 , 883 P.2d 768 (1994): “[W]hile on the way to or from work the employee is subjected only to the same risks or hazards as those to which the general public is subjected.

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Sumner v. Meier's Ready Mix, Inc.green
kan · 2006 · cited in 2 Kansas opinions naming this issue, 2012–2012
2 sentences

2012Consequently, an employee should be denied compensation if his or her injury falls within the going-and-coming rule. 282 Kan. at 289 .

2012See, e.g., Sumner v. Meiers Ready Mix, Inc., 282 Kan. 283, 289 , 144 P.3d 668 (2006) (semi-truck/flatbed trailer driver) (citing Estate of Soupene v. Lignitz, 265 Kan. 217, 223 , 960 P.2d 205 [1998] [volunteer firefighter]); Kindel v. Ferco Rental, Inc., 258 Kan. 272, 277 , 899 P.2d 1058 (1995) (construction worker).

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Messenger v. Sage Drilling Co.green
kanctapp · 1984 · cited in 6 Kansas opinions naming this issue, 1995–2013
2 sentences

2013App. 2d 164 , and Messenger v. Sage Drilling Co., 9 Kan.

2004The rationale behind the going and coming rule is that “ ‘the injury does not arise out of the nature, conditions, obligations or incidents of the employment, while the employee is on his way to assume his duties or after leaving his duties, which is not proximately caused by the employer’s negligence.’ ” Messenger v. Sage Drilling Co., 9 Kan.

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Estate of Soupene Ex Rel. Soupene v. Lignitzgreen
kan · 1998 · cited in 3 Kansas opinions naming this issue, 2004–2018
2 sentences

2018When interpreting the going and coming exclusion, we have recognized that when travel is an intrinsic part of the employee's job, the employee has already assumed the duties of his or her employment when they are "going and coming." See Williams , 299 Kan. at 795 , 326 P.3d 1057 ("If there was substantial competent evidence to support the Board's finding that the tire blowout occurred while Williams was in the course and scope of his employment, i.e. , during travel intrinsic to his duties for Petromark, then the Court of Appeals' limited role required it to affirm the Board."); Scott II , 294

2018When interpreting the going and coming exclusion, we have recognized that when travel is an intrinsic part of the employee's job, the employee has already assumed the duties of his or her employment when they are "going and coming." See Williams , 299 Kan. at 795 , 326 P.3d 1057 ("If there was substantial competent evidence to support the Board's finding that the tire blowout occurred while Williams was in the course and scope of his employment, i.e. , during travel intrinsic to his duties for Petromark, then the Court of Appeals' limited role required it to affirm the Board."); Scott II , 294

13
Scott v. Hughesgreen
kan · 2012 · cited in 2 Kansas opinions naming this issue, 2013–2018
2 sentences

2018When interpreting the going and coming exclusion, we have recognized that when travel is an intrinsic part of the employee's job, the employee has already assumed the duties of his or her employment when they are "going and coming." See Williams , 299 Kan. at 795 , 326 P.3d 1057 ("If there was substantial competent evidence to support the Board's finding that the tire blowout occurred while Williams was in the course and scope of his employment, i.e. , during travel intrinsic to his duties for Petromark, then the Court of Appeals' limited role required it to affirm the Board."); Scott II , 294

2018When interpreting the going and coming exclusion, we have recognized that when travel is an intrinsic part of the employee's job, the employee has already assumed the duties of his or her employment when they are "going and coming." See Williams , 299 Kan. at 795 , 326 P.3d 1057 ("If there was substantial competent evidence to support the Board's finding that the tire blowout occurred while Williams was in the course and scope of his employment, i.e. , during travel intrinsic to his duties for Petromark, then the Court of Appeals' limited role required it to affirm the Board."); Scott II , 294

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Butera v. Fluor Daniel Construction Corp.green
kanctapp · 2001 · cited in 2 Kansas opinions naming this issue, 2003–2012
2 sentences

2012App. 2d 542 , 18 P.3d 278 , rev. denied 271 Kan. 1035 (2001), both of which analyzed the going-and-coming rule.

2003This court remanded the case to the Board to determine whether the premises exception or the special hazard exception to the going and coming rule applied to the facts of this case. 28 Kan.

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Chapman v. Beech Aircraft Corp.green
kan · 1995 · cited in 2 Kansas opinions naming this issue, 2003–2006
2 sentences

2006K.S.A. 2004 Supp. 44-508(f) states: “An employee shall not be construed as being on the way to assume tire duties of employment or having left such duties at a time when the worker is on the premises of the employer or on the only available route to or from work which is a route involving a special risk or hazard and which is a route not used by dre public except in dealings with dre employer.” See Chapman v. Beech Aircraft Corp., 258 Kan. 653, 664 , 907 P.2d 828 (1995).

2006K.S.A. 2004 Supp. 44-508(f) states: “An employee shall not be construed as being on the way to assume tire duties of employment or having left such duties at a time when the worker is on the premises of the employer or on the only available route to or from work which is a route involving a special risk or hazard and which is a route not used by dre public except in dealings with dre employer.” See Chapman v. Beech Aircraft Corp., 258 Kan. 653, 664 , 907 P.2d 828 (1995).

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Kyle v. Postal Telegraph-Cable Co.green
kan · 1925 · cited in 1 Kansas opinions naming this issue, 2020–2020
1 sentence

2020See Kyle, 118 Kan. at 301-02 . 10 So next, we must apply the rule to the facts here to see if Houser was acting within the scope of his employment—in furtherance of the business of the state—when he left Topeka to return home.

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Craig v. VAL ENERGY, INC.green
kanctapp · 2012 · cited in 1 Kansas opinions naming this issue, 2013–2013
2 sentences

2013While caselawdeems inherent travel an exception to the going-and-coming rule, “it appears the analysis is really whether travel has become a required part of the job such that the employee actually assumes the duties of employment from the moment he or she leaves the house and continues to fulfill the duties of employment until he or she arrives home at the end of the workday.” Craig, 47 Kan.

2013In support of its application of the inherent-travel exception to the going-and-coming rule, the Board majority cited Craig, 47 Kan.

11
Quintana v. HD DRILLING, LLCgreen
kanctapp · 2012 · cited in 1 Kansas opinions naming this issue, 2013–2013
1 sentence

2013App. 2d at 168-69 (rejecting argument that judicially created inherent-travel exception to K.S.A. 44-508(f) not viable after Bergstrom v. Spears Manufacturing Co., 289 Kan. 605 , 214 P.3d 676 (2009), because it contradicts clear statutory language); Quintana, 2012 WL 1759430, at *6-7 (same; noting Kansas Supreme Court has not departed from any cases recognizing inherent-travel exception since Bergstrom).

11
Simkins v. General Motors Corp.green
mich · 1996 · cited in 1 Kansas opinions naming this issue, 2006–2006
1 sentence

2006Cf. Livingstone v. Abraham & Straus, Inc., 111 N.J. 89, 104 (“Under the circumstances of this case, the portion of the lot designated by [employer] for its employees’ use was effectively equivalent to an employer-owned lot.”); accord Simkins v. General Motors, 453 Mich. 703, 727 , 556 *758 N.W.2d 839 (1996) (under the going and coming rule, “an employee is injured in the course of his employment when traveling to or from work when . . . the injury occurred on property owned, leased, or maintained by the employer.”); DeHoyos v. Industrial Comm,., 26 Ill. 2d 110 , 185 N.E.2d 885 (1962) (for purp

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Livingstone v. Abraham & Straus, Inc.green
nj · 1988 · cited in 1 Kansas opinions naming this issue, 2006–2006
1 sentence

2006Cf. Livingstone v. Abraham & Straus, Inc., 111 N.J. 89, 104 (“Under the circumstances of this case, the portion of the lot designated by [employer] for its employees’ use was effectively equivalent to an employer-owned lot.”); accord Simkins v. General Motors, 453 Mich. 703, 727 , 556 *758 N.W.2d 839 (1996) (under the going and coming rule, “an employee is injured in the course of his employment when traveling to or from work when . . . the injury occurred on property owned, leased, or maintained by the employer.”); DeHoyos v. Industrial Comm,., 26 Ill. 2d 110 , 185 N.E.2d 885 (1962) (for purp

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State v. Crossgreen
iowactapp · 2008 · cited in 1 Kansas opinions naming this issue, 2006–2006
1 sentence

2006Cf. Livingstone v. Abraham & Straus, Inc., 111 N.J. 89, 104 (“Under the circumstances of this case, the portion of the lot designated by [employer] for its employees’ use was effectively equivalent to an employer-owned lot.”); accord Simkins v. General Motors, 453 Mich. 703, 727 , 556 *758 N.W.2d 839 (1996) (under the going and coming rule, “an employee is injured in the course of his employment when traveling to or from work when . . . the injury occurred on property owned, leased, or maintained by the employer.”); DeHoyos v. Industrial Comm,., 26 Ill. 2d 110 , 185 N.E.2d 885 (1962) (for purp

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Distinguished, questioned or overruled (0)

CaseNegativeCited
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Also cited on this issue (12)

CaseCitedYears
Bergstrom v. Spears Manufacturing Co. green
kan · 2009
2 sentences

2012In addition, the ALJ indicated that because the inherent travel exception to the going-and-coming rule was judicially created and not explicitly set out in the statute, it was no longer viable after our Supreme Court’s ruling in Bergstrom v. Spears Manufacturing Co., 289 Kan. 605 , 214 P.3d 676 (2009).

2012In addition, the ALJ indicated that because the inherent travel exception to the going-and-coming rule was judicially created and not explicitly set out in the statute, it was no longer viable after our Supreme Court’s ruling in Bergstrom v. Spears Manufacturing Co., 289 Kan. 605 , 214 P.3d 676 (2009).

22012–2013
Brobst v. Brighton Place North green
kanctapp · 1997
2 sentences

2005One such exception provides that “injuries incurred while going and coming from places where work-related tasks occur can be compensable where the traveling is . . . required in order to complete some special work-related errand or special-purpose trip in die scope of the employment.” Brobst, 24 Kan.

2004“Although this court may substitute its judgment for that of the Board on questions of law, on disputed issues of fact an appellate court must view tire evidence in the light most favorable to the prevailing party and determine if there is substantial competent evidence to support the Board’s determinations.” Brobst v. Brighten Place North, 24 Kan.

22004–2005
Kennedy v. Hull & Dillon Packing Co. green
kan · 1930
2 sentences

2018When interpreting the going and coming exclusion, we have recognized that when travel is an intrinsic part of the employee's job, the employee has already assumed the duties of his or her employment when they are "going and coming." See Williams , 299 Kan. at 795 , 326 P.3d 1057 ("If there was substantial competent evidence to support the Board's finding that the tire blowout occurred while Williams was in the course and scope of his employment, i.e. , during travel intrinsic to his duties for Petromark, then the Court of Appeals' limited role required it to affirm the Board."); Scott II , 294

2018When interpreting the going and coming exclusion, we have recognized that when travel is an intrinsic part of the employee's job, the employee has already assumed the duties of his or her employment when they are "going and coming." See Williams , 299 Kan. at 795 , 326 P.3d 1057 ("If there was substantial competent evidence to support the Board's finding that the tire blowout occurred while Williams was in the course and scope of his employment, i.e. , during travel intrinsic to his duties for Petromark, then the Court of Appeals' limited role required it to affirm the Board."); Scott II , 294

12018–2018
Williams v. Petromark Drilling, LLC green
kan · 2014
2 sentences

2018When interpreting the going and coming exclusion, we have recognized that when travel is an intrinsic part of the employee's job, the employee has already assumed the duties of his or her employment when they are "going and coming." See Williams , 299 Kan. at 795 , 326 P.3d 1057 ("If there was substantial competent evidence to support the Board's finding that the tire blowout occurred while Williams was in the course and scope of his employment, i.e. , during travel intrinsic to his duties for Petromark, then the Court of Appeals' limited role required it to affirm the Board."); Scott II , 294

2018When interpreting the going and coming exclusion, we have recognized that when travel is an intrinsic part of the employee's job, the employee has already assumed the duties of his or her employment when they are "going and coming." See Williams , 299 Kan. at 795 , 326 P.3d 1057 ("If there was substantial competent evidence to support the Board's finding that the tire blowout occurred while Williams was in the course and scope of his employment, i.e. , during travel intrinsic to his duties for Petromark, then the Court of Appeals' limited role required it to affirm the Board."); Scott II , 294

12018–2018
LaRue v. Sierra Petroleum Co. green
kan · 1958
2 sentences

2013The dissenting Board members distinguished Craig and Messenger , found LaRue v. Sierra Petroleum Co., 183 Kan. 153 , 325 P.2d 59 (1958), to be more analogous, and voted for application of the going-and-coming rule.

2013The dissenting Board members distinguished Craig and Messenger , found LaRue v. Sierra Petroleum Co., 183 Kan. 153 , 325 P.2d 59 (1958), to be more analogous, and voted for application of the going-and-coming rule.

12013–2013
Kindel v. Ferco Rental, Inc. green
kan · 1995
2 sentences

2012See, e.g., Sumner v. Meiers Ready Mix, Inc., 282 Kan. 283, 289 , 144 P.3d 668 (2006) (semi-truck/flatbed trailer driver) (citing Estate of Soupene v. Lignitz, 265 Kan. 217, 223 , 960 P.2d 205 [1998] [volunteer firefighter]); Kindel v. Ferco Rental, Inc., 258 Kan. 272, 277 , 899 P.2d 1058 (1995) (construction worker).

2012See, e.g., Sumner v. Meiers Ready Mix, Inc., 282 Kan. 283, 289 , 144 P.3d 668 (2006) (semi-truck/flatbed trailer driver) (citing Estate of Soupene v. Lignitz, 265 Kan. 217, 223 , 960 P.2d 205 [1998] [volunteer firefighter]); Kindel v. Ferco Rental, Inc., 258 Kan. 272, 277 , 899 P.2d 1058 (1995) (construction worker).

12012–2012
Halford v. Nowak Construction Co. green
kanctapp · 2008
1 sentence

2012As Judge Leben pointed out in his concurring opinion in Halford v. Nowak Construction Co., 39 Kan.

12012–2012
De Hoyos v. Industrial Commission green
ill · 1962
2 sentences

2006Cf. Livingstone v. Abraham & Straus, Inc., 111 N.J. 89, 104 (“Under the circumstances of this case, the portion of the lot designated by [employer] for its employees’ use was effectively equivalent to an employer-owned lot.”); accord Simkins v. General Motors, 453 Mich. 703, 727 , 556 *758 N.W.2d 839 (1996) (under the going and coming rule, “an employee is injured in the course of his employment when traveling to or from work when . . . the injury occurred on property owned, leased, or maintained by the employer.”); DeHoyos v. Industrial Comm,., 26 Ill. 2d 110 , 185 N.E.2d 885 (1962) (for purp

2006Cf. Livingstone v. Abraham & Straus, Inc., 111 N.J. 89, 104 (“Under the circumstances of this case, the portion of the lot designated by [employer] for its employees’ use was effectively equivalent to an employer-owned lot.”); accord Simkins v. General Motors, 453 Mich. 703, 727 , 556 *758 N.W.2d 839 (1996) (under the going and coming rule, “an employee is injured in the course of his employment when traveling to or from work when . . . the injury occurred on property owned, leased, or maintained by the employer.”); DeHoyos v. Industrial Comm,., 26 Ill. 2d 110 , 185 N.E.2d 885 (1962) (for purp

12006–2006
Chapman v. Beech Aircraft Corp. green
kanctapp · 1995
1 sentence

2005K.S.A. 44-508(f). “ ‘[T]he question of whether the ‘going and coming’ rule applies must be addressed on a case-by-case basis.’ [Citation omitted.]” Chapman 20 Kan.

12005–2005
Chapman v. Victory Sand & Stone Co. green
kan · 1966
1 sentence

2005The Supreme Court concluded the employee was not under his employer’s control, but still on his way to assume his duties; therefore the going and coming rule applied. 197 Kan. at 381-82 .

12005–2005
Tate v. City of Junction City green
kanctapp · 2004
1 sentence

2005Furthermore, this court found there was substantial competent evidence to support the Board’s findings and “these findings were sufficient to conclude [the employee’s] death did not come within the Soupene exception.” 32 Kan.

12005–2005
Girard v. Trade Professionals, Inc. green
ksd · 1999
2 sentences

2001The Girard court reached this conclusion because the Kansas courts’ application of the doctrine of respondeat superior was consistent with the going and coming rule. 50 F. Supp. 2d at 1053 .

2001The Girard court reached this conclusion because the Kansas courts’ application of the doctrine of respondeat superior was consistent with the going and coming rule. 50 F. Supp. 2d at 1053 .

12001–2001

Statutes the citing opinions construe

KS § K.S.A. § 44-501 (14) KS § K.S.A. § 44-508 (14) KS § K.S.A. § 77-621 (9) KS § K.S.A. § 44-556 (4)

Counted by distinct opinions that both name this issue and are annotated to the section; sections every opinion cites regardless of issue are not filtered here, so read the counts against the total above.

Where else courts name it

CA 107 (1928–2026) NJ 44 (1962–2023) FL 31 (1971–2023) OR 25 (1970–2021) AR 25 (1960–2025) NM 23 (1962–2018) MD 19 (1970–2019) KS 15 (1995–2020) AZ 14 (1967–2015) PA 12 (1991–2021) LA 12 (2001–2025) SC 12 (1994–2025) UT 9 (1995–2019) IA 8 (1955–2019) MI 8 (1980–2020) KY 8 (1959–2024) MO 7 (1966–2019) WV 7 (1974–2018) WA 7 (1983–2016) OK 7 (1981–2016) VA 6 (1988–2025) ID 6 (1977–2019) NC 6 (1989–2011) OH 6 (1983–2000) AK 6 (1964–2001) DE 5 (1993–2018) AL 5 (1987–2016) MS 4 (1969–2019) NV 4 (2005–2022) RI 4 (1987–2022) MT 3 (1987–1998) ME 3 (1985–2010) SD 3 (2005–2021) NH 2 (1977–2022) DC 2 (2022–2023) CO 2 (2006–2020)

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