Franklin Homes, Inc. v. Colburn

ROBERT M. PARKER, Retired Circuit Judge.

This is a workmen’s compensation case.

On February 2,1983 Dewey Colburn, age forty-seven, was employed by Franklin Homes, Inc. in the construction of mobile homes. While in the process of installing a partition in a mobile home, Colburn slipped on a wet floor and fell some four to six feet to a concrete floor, landing on his back. An injury to his back resulted from the fall, and on April 4, 1983 a ruptured disc was surgically removed. As of trial date, Col-burn had not returned to work, nor had his doctor released him to return to work. After an ore…