Guzman v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.

DIES, Chief Justice.

Rodmiro Guzman injured his knee when he fell off a house on which he was working as a roofer. Following an award to Guzman by the Industrial Accident Board, Aet-na Casualty & Surety Co. commenced this action. The parties were redesignated in the trial court, with Guzman as plaintiff and Aetna as defendant. At the conclusion of plaintiff’s case, the trial court granted defendant’s Motion for Instructed Verdict, on the basis that there was no evidence that at the time of his injury Guzman was employed by the Leo V. McConnell Company and covered by defendant’s insurance…