Wallace v. Wells

Ed. F. McFaddin, Justice.

The question now presented is whether the Circuit Court was correct in holding that the appellant’s remedy was a claim under the Workmen’s Compensation Law, rather than an action at law for damages.

Appellant, Bobby Lynn Wallace, was employed by appellee Wells at the latter’s service station in El Dorado; and in the course of such employment, Wallace received serious and painful burns on August 25, 1948. Wells carried Workmen’s Compensation Insurance, and had Wallace hospitalized and treated for many months, and voluntarily1 paid him the amounts prescribed under the…