John A. Artukovich Sons Inc. v. American Fidelity Fire Insurance Co‪.‬

This proceeding for a review of a determination of the Workers Compensation Appeals Board raises a narrow issue of application of the "commercial traveler rule." We apply a liberal interpretation of the rule as mandated by Wiseman v. Industrial Acc. Com. (1956) 46 Cal. 2d 570 [297 P.2d 649]. Accordingly, we uphold a determination of the board finding that a worker killed in an automobile accident was then within the course of his employment where: (1) the worker was sent by his employer from his home base in California to a