Earnest v. Interstate Life & Accident Insurance

In this workmen’s compensation claim, appellant Nathan V. Earnest, an insurance salesman, lost his foot as the result of a gunshot wound from his own gun. He argues that the injury was work connected, since he was at the rural home of a prospective customer when the accident occurred. The attorney-referee awarded compensation, but the Commission denied it, and its order was affirmed by the circuit court. Under the imported danger doctrine, we think the hazard was brought onto the employment premises by the claimant himself, was a risk unrelated to the employment, and did not arise out of the…