Industrial Commission v. Everett

Epitomized Opinion

Ohio Service Co. employed Craig to dig a ditch from its service line to the corner of its office building, and agreed to pay him therefor $1 per hour. He was not contributing to the state insurance fund and did not employ five or more persons regularly. Craig engaged one Simmons and another to dig the trench. The evidence disclosed that after Simmons had dug the trench to the corner of the building, officers of the Service Co. instructed him to extend the trench under the building, and in doing this he camie in contact with an electric wire and was instantly killed. A claim…