Superior Insurance Company v. Kling

The respondent, W. E. Kling, claiming to be an employee of the Kling-Gunter Cotton Gin Company, a partnership, filed his claim with the Industrial Accident Board and received an award for compensation for loss of his left arm below the elbow. The petitioner, Superior Insurance Company, who carried the workmen’s compensation insurance, appealed. The respondent filed his counterclaim pleading total and permanent disability, or in the alternative, for the specific injury of the loss of the left arm below the elbow, as an employee under the Workmen’s Compensation Act. He further pleaded that if…