When a state of emergency is declared and you’re a non-essential employee who could have worked remotely, but your employer still required you to travel in dangerous conditions, a court could view that as Negligence or Reckless disregard for safety — especially if:
• 🌪️ Officials explicitly urged people to stay off the roads.
• 🧑💻 You asked to work remotely and were denied without a valid reason.
• 🚗 The accident happened while following their instruction to report to work.