Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. Thomas

PARKER, Chief Justice.

This is a workmen’s compensation suit brought by appellee, Kelton E. Thomas, against appellant, the Aetna Casualty & Surety Company, to recover compensation for a general injury as the result of an in*150jury of March 6, 1967, to his lower back, as well as a hernia or hernias, while employed by E. I. DuPont de Nemours & Company, at its plant in Jefferson County. Trial was to a jury. The jury found that Thomas’ disability was solely caused by a hernia, or hernias. On the verdict of the jury, judgment was entered in favor of ap-pellee for a general injury upon the basis of a…