Erwin v. Harris

EDWARD N. SCRUGGS, Retired Circuit Judge.

This is a workmen’s compensation case.

Mr. Erwin, the employee, received an on-the-job injury to his left knee on May 15, 1982. The accident happened on the first day of his employment, his father-in-law being his employer. The first report of injury by the employer to the workmen’s compensation insurance company (carrier) reveals that the employer was in the lawn maintenance business, that the employee was injured while operating a riding mower and that the employee was a part-time employee with an average weekly wage of $16. The carrier paid…