Sherman v. Peoples Water & Gas Co.

TERRELL, Justice.

December 31, 1954, the claimant while employed by the Peoples Water & Gas Company suffered a left inguinal hernia which was surgically repaired January 14, 1955. January 26, 1956, while employed by the same employer, the claimant was pulling on a heavy wrench to loosen a large union to remove a meter, the wrench slipped and struck claimant in the groin, causing a second hernia, which was surgically repaired February 14, 1956. In July, 1956, claimant’s hernia reappeared without precipitating incident but that hernia was on May 27, 1957, surgically repaired at the expense of…