An employer is not responsible for the negligent actions of an employee traveling to and from work, the Utah Court of Appeals reaffirmed in a ruling Thursday.
The decision came in the case of a woman whose insurer sued the insurer of the temporary employment agency where she worked.
Windsor Insurance Co. claimed American States Insurance Co. was liable for the woman's negligence in a car accident that occurred when she was driving to a work site.
But as a general rule, the court said, employees are not acting within the course and scope of their employment when driving their own automobiles to work.
"Windsor urges us to create an exception to the general rule for temporary employees," wrote Judge William Thorne, but the court could find no reason to do so.