Ramsey v. State Industrial Accident Commission

There is only one question involved on this appeal, to wit: Did the plaintiff sustain a personal injury by accident arising out of and in the course of his employment and caused by violent or external means'? The defendant, State Industrial Accident Commission, rejected plaintiff’s claim for compensation based on alleged injuries, on the ground that the injury which he sustained was not covered by the state workmen’s compensation law, and the plaintiff thereupon appealed to the circuit court. A jury was impaneled to hear the case, but at the close of the evidence the plaintiff moved for a…