Wait v. Montgomery Ward, Inc.

This is a workmen’s compensation case. Claimant filed a claim against his employer to recover for medical services and increased disability arising out of a claimed aggravation of a previously compensated injury claimant incurred while working for respondent employer. The Hearing Officer, the Workmen’s Compensation Board and the court below all held for employer.

Claimant received compensation in 1967 for an industrial back injury. His claim was closed by determination order of April 17, 1969, awarding him 96 degrees permanent partial disability for the injury. No appeal was taken, and the…