Opinion

Geary v. Anaconda Copper Mining Co.

  • 120 Mont. 485
  • 188 P.2d 185
  • 1947 Mont. LEXIS 57
Court
Montana Supreme Court
Filed
Dec 23, 1947
Status
Published
Author
Choate
On the bench
Adair, Angstman, Choate, Gibson, Metcalf
Cited by
17 cases

“A worker eating lunch on the employer’s premises is almost universally considered as ‘in the course of’ the employment.”

How later courts described this case

  • “A worker eating lunch on the employer’s premises is almost universally considered as ‘in the course of’ the employment.”
  • handball injury; employees on call during lunch hour

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

Mr. Justice Choate:

I concur in the dissenting opinion of Mr. Justice Gibson.

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