Torres v. Aulick Leasing, Inc., No. S-99-594.
| Court | Supreme Court of Nebraska |
| Writing for the Court | McCORMACK, J. |
| Citation | 258 Neb. 859,606 N.W.2d 98 |
| Parties | Jose L. TORRES, Appellant, v. AULICK LEASING, INC., and St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company, its workers' compensation insurance carrier, Appellees. |
| Decision Date | 18 February 2000 |
| Docket Number | No. S-99-594. |
606 N.W.2d 98
258 Neb. 859
v.
AULICK LEASING, INC., and St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company, its workers' compensation insurance carrier, Appellees
No. S-99-594.
Supreme Court of Nebraska.
February 18, 2000.
Marvin O. Kieckhafer, of Kay & Kay, North Platte, for appellees.
HENDRY, C.J., WRIGHT, CONNOLLY, GERRARD, STEPHAN, McCORMACK, and MILLER-LERMAN, JJ.
McCORMACK, J.
FACTUAL BACKGROUND
Appellee Aulick Leasing, Inc. (Aulick), is a trucking company engaged in the business of hauling aggregate to highway construction projects. Although Aulick's home office is located in Scottsbluff, Nebraska, the nature of Aulick's business requires that it move its operations from one location to another on a regular basis.
Appellant, Jose L. Torres, began working for Aulick in April 1996 as an over-the-road driver. Torres lived in Scottsbluff but worked for Aulick on several projects at various locations throughout Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wyoming. Torres, like Aulick's other drivers, was assigned a truck for each job. These trucks have sleeper units, and employees were allowed to take a truck to return to their homes for the weekends, but if the job was to last more than 30 days, the employees wishing to return home on weekends would need to use their personal vehicles.
In August 1996, Torres was assigned to a project in the area of Sundance and
PROCEDURAL HISTORY
Torres filed a petition seeking workers' compensation benefits. The trial judge of the Workers' Compensation Court dismissed Torres' petition with prejudice, stating:
In this case, the plaintiff had numerous places of employment during the period of time he was employed by the defendant. This is a question of law of whether or not the plaintiff's assignment for three to four months to a specific job site in Wyoming constitutes a fixed place of employment.... I leave it to the appellate courts to decide whether or not a job site, which lasts three to four months, constitutes a fixed place of employment. If it does constitute a fixed place of employment then the plaintiff would not be entitled to workers' compensation benefits. If it does not constitute a fixed place of employment then plaintiff would be entitled to workers' compensation benefits.
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that the plaintiff's petition be, and hereby is, dismissed with prejudice.
The Workers' Compensation Court review panel found that it was "implicit in the order of dismissal" that the trial judge did not find that Torres had a fixed place of employment and that sufficient evidence existed in the record to support the trial judge's conclusions. Consequently, the review panel affirmed the dismissal of Torres' petition. Torres appeals.
ASSIGNMENTS OF ERROR
Torres assigns, consolidated and restated, that the compensation court erred in finding that Torres had a fixed place of employment, that...
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