State vs. Penelope Karnes
01C01-9606-CR-00249
Trial Court Judge: J. O. Bond

01CO1-9605-CC-00197
01CO1-9605-CC-00197

01CO1-9605-CC-00218
01CO1-9605-CC-00218

01CO1-9605-CC-00225
01CO1-9605-CC-00225

State vs. Daryl Conner
02C01-9512-CR-00358
Trial Court Judge: Joseph B. Brown

02C01-9602-CC-00047
02C01-9602-CC-00047
Trial Court Judge: Joe B. Jones

Deborah Tuggle vs. Shelby Co. Government, et al
02A01-9606-CV-00147
Trial Court Judge: George H. Brown

Tommye Johnson vs. Edward Johnson, Sr.
02A01-9609-Cv-00217
Trial Court Judge: George H. Brown

Marilyn Morgan vs. Velma McCrory
02A01-9604-CV-00072
Trial Court Judge: Robert A. Lanier

02C01-9509-CC-00259
02C01-9509-CC-00259

State vs. Maurice Garner
02C01-9508-CR-00223
Trial Court Judge: Arthur T. Bennett

State vs. Beeler
03C01-9607-CC-00264
Trial Court Judge: Frank L. Slaughter

Kite vs. Kite
03S01-9610-CH-00099

03C01-9311-CR-00363
03C01-9311-CR-00363
Trial Court Judge: Edgar P. Calhoun

State vs. Nail
03C01-9406-CR-00197
Trial Court Judge: Paul A. Swafford

State vs. Johnson
03C01-9606-CC-00214
Trial Court Judge: E. Eugene Eblen

State vs. Lowery
03C01-9604-CC-00146
Trial Court Judge: William R. Holt

State vs. Teague
03C01-9601-CC-00027

State vs. Henry Eugene Hodges
01S01-9505-CR-00080

Stein vs. Davidson Hotel Company
01S01-9610-CV-00202

State vs. Christopher Prentiss
02C01-9604-CR-00112
Trial Court Judge: Joseph B. Brown

Kenneth & Bertie Downing vs. City of Memphis
02A01-9608-CV-00177
Trial Court Judge: Robert A. Lanier

Nancy Olivieri vs. Paul Oliveri
02A01-9512-CV-00282

Vowell Ventures vs. The City of Martin
02A01-9604-CH-00090
Trial Court Judge: William B. Acree

Donald Groton, Etc. v. Traverlers Insurance Co.
01S01-9607-CV-00154
Authoring Judge: Robert S. Brandt, Senior Judge
Trial Court Judge: Hon. Bobby Capers,
This workers' compensation appeal has been referred to the Special Workers' Compensation Appeals Panel of the Supreme Court in accordance with Tenn. Code Ann. _ 5-6-225(e)(3) for hearing and reporting of findings of fact and conclusions of law. This Court is once again called upon to decide wither an injury sustained en route to work is compensable. We conclude that it is not and reverse the trial court's finding that it is. Regrettably, this case involves more than an injury. Donald Groton died from injuries he sustained in a car wreck while traveling to work on January 14, 1994. He worked for John Coleman Hayes, P.C. an engineering firm under contract with Nashville's airport authority to supervise noise abatement modifications being made to homes in the Antioch and Donelson neighborhoods close to the airport. Groton was one of two inspectors who examined the work of the contractors. He used his own vehicle in his work. The employer paid Groton mileage for driving from the office to job sites and from one job site to another. The employer did not pay Groton for driving from his home to the office or to the first job site of the day if Groton went there first. Likewise, the employer did not pay Groton for travel away from the office or from the last job site at the end of the work day. On the date of the accident, Groton did not report for duty at either the office or a job site as usual. James Michael Smith, John Coleman Hayes's construction manager, called Groton the day before and instructed him to go to a job site of a sister company, John Coleman Hayes Construction Company. Smith needed some surveying work done and Groton knew how to do it. -2-