Johnson v. Simpson Oil Company

STONE, Judge.

In this proceeding under the Missouri Workmen’s Compensation Law, Frank P. Johnson, the claimant, seeks benefits on account of personal injuries sustained by him on April 5, 1961, in an accidental fall at a service station in Dexter, Missouri (hereinafter referred to as the station). Claimant’s theory has been and is that he was a statutory employee of Simpson Oil Company, Inc. [Section 287.040], 1 whose liability under the Compensation Law was insured by Travelers Insurance Company. The referee found for claimant, but on review the Industrial Commission, with one member…