PARRISH ESSO SERVICE CENTER v. ADAMS

No. 5-3170.

374 S.W.2d 468 (1964)

PARRISH ESSO SERVICE CENTER, Employer, and United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, Insurance Carrier, Appellants, v. Thurman Leon ADAMS, Employee, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

January 27, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rieves & Smith, West Memphis, for appellants.

R. Dale Hopper and Everard Weisburd, West Memphis, for appellee.


HARRIS, Chief Justice.

This litigation involves two questions of first impression. Thurman L. Adams, employed as a service station attendant for Parrish Esso Service Center at West Memphis, was injured in the early hours of May 6, 1960, admittedly in the course of his employment. The injury occurred when a gust of wind, on the service station lot, lifted appellee into the air, carried him approximately seventy-five feet, and dropped him on the concrete apron. The...

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