Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. v. Cox

Bell, Judge.

For a claimant to be entitled to compensation under Code (Ann.) § 114-102 of the Workmen’s Compensation Act, the party must show that the employee’s death resulted from an accident arising out of and in the course of his employment. However, the accident cannot be a wilful act of a third person directed against the employee for reasons personal to such employee. The terms “arising out of” and “in the course *792of” are not synonymous. The latter term refers to time, place, and circumstances under which the accident took place, while an accident “arises out of employment” when it is…