collided with another vehicle, and Inge died as a result of the injuries he suffered. Id.
On these facts, the supreme court held as a matter of law that Inge was acting within the course and scope of his employment because his employer furnished the transportation as part of Inge's contract of employment. Id. at 869. The court explained that the location of the drilling site in an uninhabited area made it essential that Inge's employer furnish transportation in order to induce his employees to work on the job. Id. The hallmark of the arrangement between Inge and his employer was that the members of the drilling crew were being transported to the well site free of cost to them. Id. The court concluded that this transportation was antransporting himself and his crew members to and from the drilling site was merely part of his job as a driller working for Patterson. Because the undisputed evidence showed that Patterson paid the $50 per diem to transport Brooks and his crew members to the drilling site, I would affirm the trial court's judgment that Brooks was acting within the course and scope of his employment when he was injured.
In addition, I observe that another exception to the "coming and going" rule is likewise applicable to the undisputed facts in this case. Subsection 401.011(12)(A) of the labor code also excepts from the general rule transportation to and from the place of employment where the employer directs the employee in his employment to proceed from one place to another