Farmer Motor Co. v. Smith

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Ratlipp

Reversing.

On and prior to August 1, 1931, the appellee, Burt W. Smith, was employed by appellant, Farmer Motor Company, as a mechanic in its garage in Lexington, Ky. On August 1, 1931, while engaged in the work he was employed to do, he struck a boil, which he had on his right forearm, against the fender of an automobile, thereby knocking the top off of the boil, and blood and pus emitted from the boil, and appelllee then squeezed it in an effort to rid it of the rest of the pus. A bandage was applied to his arm by his foreman, and appel-lee continued work,…