Welch v. Crown Zellerbach Corp.

WATKINS, Judge.

This case involves a claim for workmen’s compensation benefits by B. E. Welch for injuries allegedly sustained while cutting timber on land belonging to Crown Zeller-bach Corp. Plaintiff has alleged that Robert Campbell, Inc. and Crown Zellerbach Corp. are his statutory employers, that Austin Carpenter is his immediate employer, and Southern Casualty Insurance Co. is the workmen’s compensation insurer of Robert Campbell, Inc.

This matter has been the object of protracted litigation which has reached the appellate level before, resulting in four appellate opinions. See Welch v.…