Wiggins v. Knox Glass, Inc.

219 So.2d 154 (1969)

Otis A. WIGGINS, Claimant

v.

KNOX GLASS, INC., Employer, and Travelers Insurance Company, Carrier.

No. 45214.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 24, 1969.

Pyles & Tucker, Jackson, for appellant.

Daniel, Coker, Horton & Bell, John B. Clark, Jackson, for appellee.

RODGERS, Justice:

This is a workmen's compensation claim, and it involves the defense that the employee's injury was caused by "an act of God," since the claimant was injured as the result of a tornado.

The claimant, Otis A. Wiggins, filed his claim in the Mississippi Workmen's Compensation Commission against the Knox…