Bituminous Casualty Co. v. Sharpe

Stolz, Judge.

Employer and its workmen’s compensation insurance carrier appeal from an award of the State Board of Workmen’s Compensation which was affirmed by the Superior Court of Lowndes County.

The basic question presented is whether the claimant’s injury arose out of and in the course of employment as contemplated by Code § 114-102 (as amended by Ga. L. 1963, pp. 141, 142).

There was no question as to the receipt of any injury by the claimant nor as to whether the claimant was in the course of his employment at the time of his injury. The employer and insurer contend that there was not…