Jones v. Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Colonial Williamsburg Foundation was granted a rehearing en banc from a panel decision holding that Fay M. Jones injury arose out of and during the course of her employment. See Jones v. Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 8 Va. App. 432, 382 S.E.2d 300 (1989). The panel held that Mrs. Jones injury on the employers premises while going to work should be treated for compensability purposes as though it happened while she was engaged in her work at the place of its performance. Id. at 435, 382 S.E.2d at 302. The panel further held that while walking to her duty station, her action in taking a few steps out of a direct path of travel to that station in order to dispose of a small amount of personal trash in a receptacle provided by the employer, did not constitute a deviation which removed her from her employment.