American Mutual Liability Insurance Co. v. Baxter

This was a suit brought by an employee against his employer’s insurer for workmen’s compensation. The Trial Judge found petitioner had suffered an injury by accident arising out of and in the course of his employment which resulted in 60% permanent partial disability to the body as a whole, and awarded him compensation of $28.60 per week for 240 weeks.

Defendant appealed in error and insists (1) that there is no evidence to support the Trial Court’s finding, and the court should have dismissed the suit; and (2) that, moreover, the court should have sustained defendant’s plea that the suit was…