King v. Lexington Herald-Leader Co.

STANLEY, Commissioner.

The facts of this workmen’s compensation case are simple and certain. Only a law question is presented on a motion for an appeal.

The appellant, Claude R. King, an employee of the appellee, The Lexington Herald-Leader Company, after finishing his day’s work as a linotype operator in the afternoon of January 10, 1955, went to the first floor of the building, where the business offices are, out the front door and into a vestibule. There are several steps down to the street level and the outside door. The steps and the floor of the vestibule were slippery because of slush…