Southall v. Eldridge Reams, Inc.

Frank T. Southall, hereinafter referred to as the claimant, filed a claim for compensation for injuries arising out of and in the course of his employment by Eldridge Reams, Inc. His claim was that on July 6, 1954, in the course of his employment, he became involved in a fisticuff with a fellow-employee, resulting in a severe brain injury and a permanent and total incapacity for work. Upon the evidence adduced the hearing commissioner held that the claimant had failed to prove by a preponderance of the evidence a causal connection between the blows received by him in the fight, the alleged…