Kroger Co. v. Johnson

This appeal, in a Workmen’s Compensation case, presents the issue of whether the employee suffered an injury by accident arising out of and in the course of his employment. In this opinion plaintiff in error, The Kroger Company, will be referred to as employer and defendant in error, Sam W. Johnson, as employee.. Employee, male, age 38, has congenital flat feet. When about. 18.years-old he went to work in employer’s bakery and remained in this¡- employment until 1 August 1963. This employment required standing on a hard floor lifting and moving pans of bread generally weighing 12 to 15 pounds…