Pascagoula Crab Co. v. Holbrooks

On September 28, 1953, appellee Ethel Lee Holbrooks was working for appellant, Pascagoula Crab Company, which is the firm name for the sole owner J. P. Lowe. She was engaged in processing crabs, and part of her duties required her to take containers of garbage out of the plant. While doing so, she slipped and fell violently *836on the floor, sustaining an injury to her coccyx, designated as traumatic coccyodynia, and a fractured rib. She notified the floor supervisor that she had been injured.

Appellant-employer, although employing more than eight people, did not carry workmen’s compensation…