Eldridge v. Blue Ridge Tex. Co., Inc.

Opinion by

Rhodes, P. J.,

This is a workmen’s compensation case in which the right of the claimant to compensation for an accidental injury sustained in the course of his employment on April 28, 1943, is admitted. The question presented is which of two successive insurance carriers, Keystone Mutual Casualty Insurance Company, or the Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company, was the carrier of the employer at the date of the accident.

The Workmen’s Compensation Board, reversing the referee’s ruling that the two carriers were jointly liable, held that Keystone was solely liable for the payment of…