Maryland Casualty Co. v. Sanders
Court of Appeals of Georgia
1Opinion of the CourtStephens, J.
1. An injury which arises out of the conditions under which it is necessary for an employee to work, in the performance of the duties of the contract of employment, is an injury which arises out of the employment. Where one of the conditions is that the room in which the employee works, in the discharge of the duties of the contract of employment, be heated, an injury to the employee which is caused while he is in the performance of his duties, from burns received by the accidental igniting of his clothes from an open fire by which the room is heated, is an injury which arises out of and in…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- McNicol's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1913
- Sundine's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1914
- Rayner v. Sligh Furniture Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1914
- Rish v. Iowa Portland Cement Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1919
- Parker v. Travelers InsuranceSupreme Court of Georgia · 1932
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- Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. v. CoxSupreme Court of Georgia · 1940
- Williams v. American Mutual Liability InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1945
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