Martin v. Skelly Oil Company

This is a workmen’s compensation arbitration action brought by the claimant, Wayne Martin, to recover for injuries sustained while in the employ, as an investigator, of defendant, Skelly Oil Company. On October 10, 1956, upon request from his superior in the company, he was traveling from Pittsburg, Kansas, to Wisconsin to investigate a problem which had arisen in that state.

When he was about four miles south of Indianola, in Warren County, another car drove into his path on the main highway and it became necessary for him to quickly change his course. He lost control of his ear when it left…