Gordon v. Arden Farms Co.

The trial court granted a summary judgment of dismissal in a personal injury action, for the reason that such an action could not be maintained by an employee covered by the workmen’s compensation act against her employer for an injury sustained in the course of her employment. The plaintiffs appeal.

The sole issue is whether Elvira Gordon, who will be referred to as though she were the only plaintiff and appellant, was in the course of her employment at the time she sustained her injury. If she was, the trial court was clearly right, as she then had no alternative except to take under the…