Duval Engineering & Contracting Co. v. Johnson

CHAPMAN, J.:

This is a Workmen’s.Compensation case. The deceased, Lee Johnson, an employee of the Duval Engineering & Contracting Company was assigned the duty to superintend for his employer the construction or repair of the state highway leading east from Lake City in the direction of Jacksonville. On Sunday afternoon, November 12, 1939, the deceased was driving an automobile on the highway west from Jacksonville to Lake City and lost control of his automobile; the car left the highway, catapulted, and Lee Johnson, the deceased,, sustained injuries later resulting in his death.

We fail to…