Jones v. Traders & General Ins. Co.

SMEDLEY, Commissioner.

Tom P. Jones, an employee of a construction company insured by respondent, Traders & General Insurance Company, under the Workmen’s Compensation Law (Vernon’s Ann.Civ.St. art. 8309, § 2), stepped on a nail which penetrated the ball of his foot, on May 4, 1938. The wound having become infected, it was necessary for Jones to have it treated, opened and drained a number of times during a period of several weeks. He suffered intense pain and on November 11, 1938, drank a mixture of concentrated lye, cleaning fluid and insect poison, which caused his death three days later.…