Collier ex rel. Collier v. Southern Casualty Insurance

TATE, Judge.

This is a workmen’s compensation suit brought on behalf of an injured minor (“Monroe”)1 against (a) his employer (“Malcolm”)2 and (b) the insurer (“Southern Casualty”)3 of his employer’s alleged principal (“Forest Products”)4 in a principal-subcontractor relationship. From an award of compensation for fifteen months’ disability, the two defendants appeal, the employer Malcolm also appealing from the dismissal of a third-party demand by him against his alleged principal, Forest Products, and the principal’s insurer. The plaintiff answers the appeal to pray for a greater award.

The…