Davidson's Case

This is an appeal from a final decree of the Superior Court awarding workmen’s compensation to an employee of the Railway Express Agency, Incorporated, who received injuries while driving one of its trucks while in its employ and in the course of his employment on November 25, 1952, when the truck came in collision with another automobile.

There was evidence that, in attempting to avoid the collision, Davidson’s right foot slid off the brake pedal which flew up, striking his right foot and causing him to walk with a limp. One Thomas, the local representative of the employer, arrived upon the…