Allied Telephone Co. v. Rhodes

Carleton Harris, Chief Justice.

This is a Workmen’s Compensation case. Leo Rhodes, appellee herein, was admittedly an employee of Allied Telephone Co., one of the appellants herein, on May 9, 1966. Rhodes filed a claim asserting that on May 9 of the aforementioned year, he suffered an injury to his fourth and fifth lumbar vertebrae while helping to move heavy equipment through a door at the Greenbrier office of appellant company. Though the evidence is somewhat confusing, it appears that he did not go to the office for several days, but was carried on. the payroll full-time. On May 23, Rhodes…