Lord v. Board of Review, A-1054-10T4; Appellate Division; opinion by Skillman, J.A.D., retired and temporarily assigned on recall; decided and approved for publication April 11, 2012. Before Judges Parrillo, Skillman and Hoffman. On appeal from the Board of Review, Department of Labor, No. 237,927. DDS No. 25-2-5865 [13 pp.]
Appellant was employed by respondent Crossmark to reset merchandise in retail stores. Crossmark required appellant to use his own car to travel from store to store in performing this work, which he did from Monday through Thursday. While he was driving on Wednesday, June 3, 2009, appellant’s car broke down, and he had it towed to a garage. Appellant notified his supervisor, who excused appellant from work the next day, a Thursday. Appellant was due to return to work the following Monday.
