Cooper v. Morris

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Robb, J.:

This is an appeal by the employer, a partnership consisting of Morris and Lorei, and its insurance carrier, from a judg*704ment of the trial court adopting findings and affirming an award made in favor of claimant Cooper tinder the workmen’s compensation act.

Claimant, who was employed as a mechanic in respondent’s garage, was installing a motor and transmission in a truck after regular working hours on April 23, 1958. He testified that upon “lifting the front end I felt a slight twinge in my back” and that he first realized he had strained his…