Great American Indemnity Co. v. Bailey

Griffin Smith, Chief Justice.

Our first problem is to determine whether the circuit court correctly found that there was substantial evidence upon which Workmen’s Compensation Commission made its award to W. H. Bailey and that Great America’s policy of insurance comprehended coverage in the unusual circumstances attending the controversy. A secondary issue is the Commission’s right to direct payment of emergency treatment when an award has been made and before the primary right to compensation has been judicially concluded.

Day and Nite Cleaners, now incorporated, operated for many years in…