Great American Indemnity Co. v. Smith

THOMAS, J.:

This appeal was brought by the insurance carrier against the Industrial Commission, the employer, R. V. Barden, and the employee, Hansel B. Smith,, in an effort to reverse an order of the circuit judge affirming a decision of the commission that the policy under the circumstances we shall recount,. and because of the provisions and conditions it contained, covered damages suffered by the employee.

For many years R. V. Barden had operated at 503 Fairmont Street in Clearwater a business known as Pinellas Music Company, on which he carried no workmen’s compensation insurance. The…