Clayburn v. Soueid, Inc.

This Workmen’s Compensation appeal involves the question of whether or not the injured claimant was a casual employee. The Commission held he was not; on appeal, Judge Shure, sitting without a jury, determined he was. While the hearing before Judge Shure was de novo, the testimony before him, for the most part, was the same as that before the Commission. The facts, with exceptions which will be referred to, are undisputed.

There is a threshhold jurisdictional question. The appeal from the order of the Workmen’s Compensation Commission was filed on November 18, 1963, thirty-one calendar days…