Reed v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.

KEITH, Justice.

In this workmen’s compensation case the plaintiff below appeals from an adverse judgment rendered after the jury had answered a “Van Zandt” type issue finding that she did not sustain an injury in the *378course of her employment at the time and place she alleged she was hurt.1

The accident forming the basis of plaintiff’s claim was one which was not observed by anyone other than plaintiff. She testified that during a heavy rainstorm accompanied by strong wind, she was attempting to open the door to her place of business and to open her umbrella at the same time. She said that the…