An employee is traveling on business and, while commuting in employer-provided vans, is injured. The injury is:

• A. Noncompensable.
• B. Noncompensable due to the coming and going rule.
• C. Compensable.
• D. Compensable as an exception to the coming and going rule.

Answer: (D)

The key idea is that the general coming-and-going rule says injuries to an employee while traveling to or from work are not compensable. But there are exceptions when the employer provides transportation. If the employee is on a business trip and the travel is done in an employer-provided vehicle, the trip is considered part of the job, so the injury can be compensable despite the usual rule. In this case, the employee is commuting in a van provided by the employer for business purposes, so the injury falls under an exception to the coming-and-going rule and is compensable.