Gold Kist, Inc. v. Jones

This is a workmen's compensation case.

The employee was injured while in the employer's parking lot during a thirty-minute lunch break. After an ore tenus hearing, the trial court found that the employee's accident occurred in the course of his employment and that he was, therefore, entitled to workmen's compensation benefits.

The employer appeals, and we affirm.

The dispositive issue is whether the overage of the Workmen's Compensation Act extends to the injury sustained by the employee during his meal-time break while on the employer's property. In other words, did the employee's injuries…