Lupton v. Glenn's Oyster House, Inc.

BROADDUS, Judge.

This is a workmen’s compensation case. Claimant, Anna Lupton, filed her claim for injuries sustained on January 5, 1949, in an elevator shaft in the Scarritt Arcade Building in Kansas City, Missouri. It was admitted that claimant was an employee of Glenn’s Oyster House, Inc., and was working under the provisions of the Missouri Workmen’s Compensation Law, Section 287.010 RSMo 1949, V.A.M.S., but employer and insurer denied that the accident arose out of and in the course of the employment.

Trial before a referee resulted in a temporary award in favor of claimant. An application…