Thomas v. Proctor & Gamble Manufacturing Co.

Citations

• 104 Kan. 432
• 179 P. 372
• 6 A.L.R. 1145
• 1919 Kan. LEXIS 285

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>1. Compensation Act — Employee Injured During Noon Intermission— Liability of Employer. • In an action under the workmen’s compensation law thére was evidence that the plaintiff, a seventeen-year-old girl, who was paid by the hour, was injured during a half-hour intermission at noon while, although at liberty to leave the premises, she remained there, and after eating her lunch engaged with fellow employees in accordance with a custom known to and approved by her employer, in riding on a truck, her injury being caused by falling from the truck while it was being drawn by a fellow employee; held, that a finding was justified that the accident occurred in the course of her employment.</p> <p>2. Same — Evidence — Findings. It is further held that the evidence stated was sufficient to support a finding that the plaintiff’s injury arose out of her employment.</p>