Tavel v. Bechtel Corporation

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• claimant “injured on a public highway while driving in his own car from his home to his place of employment”
• “where the essential terms and manner of employment are undisputed, the question is one of law for the court”
• where contractually provided “travel expenses” bore no relationship to actu al expenses, case did not come within free transportation exception
• although compensation included travel time, benefits were denied where additional payment bore no relation to actual expense, but was merely inducement to get employees to work at certain plant

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

33 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Whitehead v. Safway Steel Products, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1985-09-17· cited 79×
• Wiley Manufacturing Co. v. Wilson
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1977-04-27· cited 41×
• H. K. Ferguson Co. v. Willey
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 1977-11-15· cited 37×
• Jelso v. World Balloon Corp.
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 1981-11-24· cited 31×
• Barnes v. Children's Hospital
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1996-05-01· cited 25×
• Maryland Casualty Co. v. Lorkovic
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1994-06-01· cited 23×
• Alitalia Linee Aeree Italiane v. Tornillo
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1993-01-11· cited 22×
• Gardner v. Industrial Indemnity Company
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 1968-07-01· cited 21×
• Morris v. Board of Education
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1995-08-22· cited 21×
• Klein v. Terra Chemicals International, Inc.
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1972-01-28· cited 18×
• Mercantile-Safe Deposit & Trust Co. v. Mayor of Baltimore
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1987-03-03· cited 17×
• Commonwealth Edison Co. v. Industrial Commission
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1981-10-21· cited 17×
• Austin v. Thrifty Diversified, Inc.
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1988-07-13· cited 15×
• Board of County Commissioners v. Vache
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1998-05-14· cited 13×
• Roberts v. Montgomery County
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2014-01-28· cited 12×
• Ryan v. Kasaskeris
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1977-12-13· cited 10×
• Maryland Casualty Co. v. Insurance Co. of North America
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1968-02-13· cited 9×
• Travelers Corporation v. Boyer
  D. Maryland· 1969-06-30· cited 7×
• Mona Electrical Services, Inc. v. Shelton
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2002-11-07· cited 7×
• Chicot Memorial Hospital v. Veazey
  Court of Appeals of Arkansas· 1983-06-22· cited 6×