Hickey v. Hoffman Beverage Co.

Two issues are presented to me for determination: Pirst did the petitioner sustain an accident arising out of and in the course of his employment with the respondent, and second, the nature and extent of temporary and permanent disability attributable to said accident. The testimony discloses that on December 17th, 1940, and for a considerable time prior thereto, petitioner had been employed in the employ of the respondent as a laborer. • At about 2:00 in the afternoon of that date, he was engaged in lifting wooden boxes filled with tin foil from the floor to the bench on which he worked,…