Garcia v. J. C. Penney Co.

COMPTON, Justice.

Appellee instituted suit against'J. C. Penney Company, Inc., as employer, and Employer’s Liability Assurance Corporation, Ltd., its insurer, under the provisions of the Workmen’s Compensation Act.

Appellee claims that while painting a ceiling in the office of the employer he suffered an accidental injury. That he was standing on a scaffold, slightly crouched, supporting himself with a metal strap attached to the ceiling, and while thus engaged his left foot slipped on, or from, the board upon which he was standing, twisting his body sharply, thereby sustaining an injury to his…