Burl D. Pilgrim and Martha Pilgrim v. Fortune Drilling Company, Inc.

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• rejecting plaintiffs’ argument that Fortune was liable under the doctrine of respondeat superior because “Fortune paid a travel allowance to one member of the drilling crew each day”
• employer not liable under § 317 to injured motorist for allowing employee to drive home in exhausted state
• \The courts in Texas have clearly adhered to the principle that getting to and from the place of work is ordinarily a personal problem for the employee and not part of his services to his employer.\

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