Rigsby v. John W. Clark Lumber Co.

Plaintiff in this case suffered an accidental injury on August 16, 1943 for which he instituted this suit to recover compensation from the defendants, his employer and the latter's compensation insurance carrier, for the maximum amount of compensation for total, permanent disability.

He was employed as a bookkeeper and office manager by the defendant lumber company but the testimony shows positively that he also had other duties to perform which took him outside of the office, principally to tend a gasoline filling station situated some twelve feet from the door of the building in which his…