Carr v. Adventure Motors, Inc.

BRADLEY, Judge.

This is a workmen’s compensation case.

*1307On December 7, 1977 Richard Leon Carr sustained a back injury which resulted from a fall in the course of his employment as a mechanic at Adventure Motors, Inc., an employer subject to the Alabama Workmen’s Compensation Act. Carr was admitted to the hospital on January 5, 1978 and was treated with neck traction for cervical and lower back pain. When he experienced difficulty with the traction because of pain, Carr was referred to another physician, and an anterior cervical fusion was later performed. The doctor who performed the surgery…