Hawthorne v. Hawthorne

This is a workmen’s compensation case,. The primary issue presented on the appeal is whether the defendant was an employer of “farm or ranch laborers” within the provisions of section 48-106, R. R. S.1943, and therefore exempt from liability under the provisions of the Nebraska Workmen’s Compensation Act. The one judge Workmen’s Compensation Court dismissed plaintiff’s action. The full Workmen’s Compensation Court awarded compensation for loss of an eye. That award was affirmed on appeal to the district court. We affirm the district court judgment.

The plaintiff, Earl Hawthorne, was 65 years…