Ackerhalt v. Hanline Brothers

As the late William Schwenck Gilbert put it, “Here’s a pretty kettle of fish.” 1 The appellant (Ackerhalt) tells us the trial judge (Mathias, J.) 2 erred when he directed a verdict which set at naught an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Commission, dated 2 February 1967, declaring that Ackerhalt had sustained an accidental injury on 24 March 1966 and awarding him compensation therefor. In our recital of this extraordinary affair we shall be at all times mindful of the familiar rule that the evidence and all logical and reasonable inferences deducible therefrom must be considered in a light…