Anderson v. State Industrial Accident Commission

This is an action brought by John Anderson against the State Industrial Accident Commission. Anderson, while actually engaged in the performance of work, that he and seven others had jointly contracted to do, sustained an injury, which injury, it is stipulated, resulted in an 80 per cent permanent partial disability and loss of function of his right eye.

He presented a claim for compensation to the State Industrial Accident Commission, but the commission rejected his claim upon the ground that, at the time of the accident, he was not a workman within the meaning of the Workmen’s Compensation…