Sparks v. Mountain Breeze Restaurant & Fish House, Inc.

WHICHARD, Judge.

Plaintiff (claimant) was a cook in defendants’ restaurant. His duties included carrying buckets of grease down steps. On 11 August 1979, while so engaged, plaintiff’s foot “hit some grease on the steps and . . . jerked.” He did not fall, but “[i]t . . . gave [him] a quick jerk.” At the time he “felt a pain like a bee sting in the lower part of [his] back for just a minute.” He proceeded, *664though, to empty the bucket and to work the remainder of the day.

On 12 August 1980 plaintiff’s pain was more severe. He consulted a physician on 13 August 1980. The physician’s diagnosis was…