Utter v. Marsh Sales Company

COMPTON, Chief Justice.

The claimant appeals from a judgment denying workmen’s compensation benefits for the loss by amputation of certain toes and fingers as the result of frostbite.

The cause was heard on the merits. The trial court found that the injury complained of did not arise out of or in the course of the employment and was not reasonably incident thereto; that claimant by reason of his employment was not subjected to a greater risk or hazard than that to which the general public was exposed. The court then concluded that the claimant was not entitled to compensation. Accordingly,…