Owens v. McGraw

ELLIS, Judge.

The plaintiff, Willie Norman Owens, Jr., was employed as a rough carpenter by F. H. McGraw and Company, made defendant herein together with its workmen’s compensation insurer, Aetna Casualty and Surety Company. The accident and resulting injury, which was within the scope of employment, occurred on March 14, 1958. After the first week, compensation was paid for seven weeks at the maximum rate.

Plaintiff alleges that he and Tommy Muscarello, a co-employee, were engaged in lifting a large timber six by eighteen (6 x 18) inches around by eighteen (18) feet in length preparatory to…