Prewitt v. Waller

DIXON, Chief Justice.

Myrtie Prewitt and Duggan Prewitt, individually and doing business as Prewitt Cleaners, have appealed from a judgment of $9,500 in favor of appellee Jessie Fay Waller, who was an employee of appellants.

The suit is a common law action for damages alleged to have been sustained by appellee Waller when she fell over a rubber rug or mat while in the course of her employment on premises where appellants were operating their business. Appellee further alleged that appellants did not carry workmen’s compensation insurance, though eligible to do so; therefore under Art. 8306,…