Epps v. Mercy Hospital

Defendants appeal by leave from a February 28, 1975, decision and order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (hereinafter called WCAB), affirming with modifications the order of the hearing referee directing that plaintiff be paid workmen’s compensation benefits for total and continuing disability together with reimbursement for hospital and medical expenses.

Plaintiff was employed by defendant Mercy Hospital as a nurse’s aide. In the course of her duties, on July 4, 1971, plaintiff was lifting a patient onto a stretcher when she injured her back. Upon informing one of the nurses that…