MIMS v. McCOY

Record No. 780360.

248 S.E.2d 817 (1978)

T. Brooks MIMS and the Travelers Insurance Company v. George McCOY.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

November 22, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. Bruce Wallinger, Harrisonburg (Wharton, Aldhizer & Weaver, Harrisonburg, on brief), for appellants.

Deborah C. Wyatt, F. Guthrie Gordon, III, Charlottesville (Craig T. Redinger, Lowe & Gordon, Ltd., Charlottesville, on brief), for appellee.

Before I'ANSON, C. J., and CARRICO, HARRISON, COCHRAN, HARMAN, POFF and COMPTON, JJ.


POFF, Justice.

George McCoy, a carpenter by trade, filed an application with the Industrial Commission against T. Brooks Mims and his insurer, The Travelers Insurance Company, claiming workmen's compensation benefits on account of injuries sustained August 11, 1976 when he fell from a scaffold. The hearing commissioner ruled that McCoy was not an "employee" within the coverage of the Workmen's Compensation Act. The full...

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