Taylor v. Mount Vernon-Woodberry Mills, Inc.

Fishburne, J.:

The question for determination is whether an employee who is injured in the course of his employment, and, without the knowledge and consent of his employer, a self-insurer, makes a binding settlement with a third party against whom he has a claim for damages for his injury, and executes a full and complete release to the latter, is thereby debarred from compensation under the Workmen’s Compensation Act. Sec. 7035-11, 1942 Code.

The exceptions also present issues, whether the claimant, Noah Taylor, was an employee of appellant, Mount Vernon'Woodberry Mills, Inc., at the time he…